German President Spares Merkel Crisis After ‘Terrible’ Error
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German President Christian Wulff said his attempt to intervene in the publication of a story about a home loan was a “terrible mistake,” though for now he spared Chancellor Angela Merkel a crisis by vowing to remain in office.
Wulff, elected to the largely ceremonial post in 2010, has been pilloried by politicians this week after reports that he called a newspaper editor last month in an effort to block the article, which revealed that he had taken out a mortgage from a wealthy friend.