Merkel blames dehydration for trembling spell
German Chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed concerns about her health after visibly trembling at an official ceremony Tuesday, saying she was just a bit dehydrated in the heat.
Merkel appeared unsteady and was shaking as she stood in the midday sun next to visiting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, whom she was welcoming to her office building with military honours.
Asked by reporter about her wellbeing at a news conference about 90 minutes later, Merkel smiled: "I've drunk at least three glasses of water and so I'm doing fine."
Zelensky, 41, made light of Merkel's uneasy spell, joking that he would have come to her rescue if necessary.
"She was standing next to me and completely safe," he said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is "very well" again after drinking three glasses of water.
Earlier Merkel was visibly shaking as she greeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at temperatures of around 30 degrees celsius in Berlin. pic.twitter.com/uWhnW0scD7
— DW Politics (@dw_politics) June 18, 2019
READ ALSO: Can you guess what happened to Angela Merkel?
Merkel, frequently called the European Union's most influential leader and the most powerful woman in the world, turns 65 next month.
She has said she will leave politics at the end of her current term, in 2021.
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Merkel appeared unsteady and was shaking as she stood in the midday sun next to visiting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, whom she was welcoming to her office building with military honours.
Asked by reporter about her wellbeing at a news conference about 90 minutes later, Merkel smiled: "I've drunk at least three glasses of water and so I'm doing fine."
Zelensky, 41, made light of Merkel's uneasy spell, joking that he would have come to her rescue if necessary.
"She was standing next to me and completely safe," he said.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is "very well" again after drinking three glasses of water.
— DW Politics (@dw_politics) June 18, 2019
Earlier Merkel was visibly shaking as she greeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at temperatures of around 30 degrees celsius in Berlin. pic.twitter.com/uWhnW0scD7
READ ALSO: Can you guess what happened to Angela Merkel?
Merkel, frequently called the European Union's most influential leader and the most powerful woman in the world, turns 65 next month.
She has said she will leave politics at the end of her current term, in 2021.
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