Comment was made while visiting a bakery in Hamburg
The Chancellor of Germany, , made a surprising observation about African cuisine shortly after returning from an official mission in Angola, where he attended the European Union and African Union summit. Merz was in Luanda, Angola, until last Monday, the 24th, for diplomatic commitments. However, upon returning to Germany, he decided to comment on German bread. During a visit to a bakery in Hamburg, according to the newspaper Die Zeit, accompanied by Mayor Peter Tschentscher, the chancellor shared that he did not find a “teacher piece of bread” in Luanda.
“When you’re abroad, you always realize the quality of German bread. Yesterday morning, in Luanda, at the breakfast buffet, I looked for a decent piece of bread and couldn’t find it,” he said. The chancellor’s statement was reported by the German newspaper as “disconcerting”.
Merz also criticized Belém
During a speech at the German Trade Congress, Merz stated that the delegation of journalists who accompanied him were “happy” to return to Germany after the agenda in Brazil.
In a speech aimed at businesspeople in the retail sector, the chancellor praised Germany’s qualities and, to illustrate his point of view, used the recent trip to the capital of Pará as a counterpoint. “I asked some journalists who were with me in Brazil last week: ‘Which of you would like to stay here?’ No one raised their hand,” Merz reported. “Everyone was happy that we returned to Germany on the night of Friday to Saturday, especially from where we were,” he added.
