Chancellor Olaf Scholz takes the facial bruises he sustained in a jogging accident at the weekend with humor. The Chancellor posted a portrait photo on the short message service X (formerly Twitter), on which he shows himself with an eye patch. Scholz writes self-ironic: “Who has the damage … I’m curious about the memes, thanks for the good wishes, looks worse than it is!”
On Saturday, the Chancellor fell while jogging and suffered bruises on his face. That’s why he canceled his participation in the election campaign of the Hessian SPD with their top candidate Nancy Faeser on Sunday. Scholz wants to keep his public appointments this Monday. The Federal Chancellor, along with several cabinet members, is expected on Monday evening at the St. Michael annual reception of the German Bishops’ Conference in Berlin.
According to the circumstances, he is doing well, said Scholz’s spokesman Steffen Hebestreit. The Chancellor was “in a good mood” on Monday morning, but “still looks a bit battered,” he added. All other appointments this week would also take place as planned, said Hebestreit and referred, among other things, to the general debate on the budget in the Bundestag on Wednesday. You will first have to get used to the sight of the eye patch, said the Chancellor’s spokesman.
The accident is said to have happened on Saturday on the Chancellor’s main route at his place of residence in Potsdam. The Picturenewspaper, citing a source, reported that his right eye was badly swollen. A doctor examined the injuries and found no further damage. Scholz stumbled, was unable to support himself in time and therefore fell on his face. He is always accompanied by bodyguards when jogging, who were able to help him quickly.