German minister apologizes for vacation taken amid flood recovery
By DW
13 April 2022 |
7:38 am
Anne Spiegel went to France for four weeks as the state for which she was deputy governor, Rhineland-Palatinate, was reeling from heavy floods. Almost 200 people died in last year's environmental disaster.
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