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Minister stranded in US after damage to government jet
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Minister stranded in US after damage to government jet

From Die Zeit · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil remained stranded in the United States after a technical problem prevented his government aircraft from taking off.
  • Klingbeil will spend the night in a hotel and miss a cabinet meeting in Berlin where lawmakers were due to advance his tax bill.
  • He had attended the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in Asheville and later visited a BMW plant in Spartanburg.

Lars Klingbeil’s trip to the United States has taken an unexpected turn: a technical problem with his government aircraft has left the German finance minister unable to fly home.

The deputy chancellor will spend the night in a hotel, according to his delegation. The details of the damage to the Bundeswehr flight service aircraft were not initially disclosed.

The breakdown means Klingbeil will also miss Wednesday’s cabinet meeting in Berlin. The meeting is scheduled to advance his tax bill, adding a domestic political complication to the travel disruption.

Klingbeil had traveled to Asheville, North Carolina, for a meeting of G20 finance ministers. Afterward, he visited a BMW factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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Originally published by Die Zeit in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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