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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kate Connolly in Berlin

German press derides plane fault ‘disgrace’ after minister’s cancelled trip

Annalena Baerbock beside the plane
Annalena Baerbock said having to cancel her trip was ‘beyond annoying’. Photograph: Michael Kappeler/AP

The cancellation of an official visit by Germany’s foreign minister to Oceania after her government plane twice developed a fault has drawn widespread scorn and derision and led to calls for change.

The German tabloid Bild called Annalena Baerbock’s “50-hour odyssey” a “disgrace” and a “humiliation” for Germany and said it could result in the rest of the world no longer taking Europe’s largest economy seriously.

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