German Leader Injured in Skiing Accident
By MELISSA EDDY
Published: January 6, 2014
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel has canceled most of her meetings for
the next three weeks after doctors ordered her to rest in bed following a
fall while cross-country skiing over the Christmas holiday in
Switzerland, her spokesman said Monday.
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Ms. Merkel had traveled to the Engadin Valley, where she regularly
spends her winter vacation with her family. She originally believed she
had only been badly bruised after falling, but a doctor told her on
Friday that she had probably suffered a pelvic fracture, Ms. Merkel’s
spokesman, Steffen Seibert, told reporters.
“She fell while cross-country skiing,” Mr. Seibert said. “We do not believe she was going very fast.”
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Mr. Seibert said that all of the chancellor’s scheduled travel plans had
been canceled, along with several meetings in Berlin. She will continue
to work from home, although she plans to lead in person the first
meeting of her Cabinet when it convenes on Wednesday. “She is of course
at work, and every day,” Mr. Seibert added.
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The chancellor had planned to travel to Warsaw on Wednesday for talks
with Polish leaders, and to meet Xavier Bettel, Luxembourg’s new prime
minister, in Berlin on Thursday.
Ms. Merkel, 59, was sworn into her third term in office on Dec. 17.
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