Anne Spiegel
Family minister apologizes
For Anne Spiegel, vacation turns into a fight for her career.
After a holiday, family minister Anne Spiegel now has to worry about her professional future. In the video you can see her apology and the background.
As a former environment minister in Rhineland-Palatinate, Anne Spiegel was responsible for flood protection. Shortly after the flood disaster last summer, the current Federal Minister for Family Affairs went on vacation with her family for four weeks.
Anne Spiegel: With emotional words, she apologizes
In a press conference, she publicly apologizes. She also tries to explain herself and reports on her husband’s stroke in March 2019: “There was a point, for the first time for us as a family, where we needed a vacation because my husband couldn’t do it anymore.” In the video you can see her full apology – and how things could continue for Anne Spiegel.