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Merkel Apologizes for Easter Shutdown: 'This Mistake Is Solely My Fault'
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March 24, 2021
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1:13Now PlayingGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel made a rare public apology after she was forced to abandon a five-day hard lockdown over Easter just 33 hours after announcing it, throwing her government’s management of the pandemic further into disarray.
Merkel dropped the proposal, calling it a “mistake,” after a hastily-arranged video conference on Wednesday with the heads of the country’s 16 states. She defended what would have been one of Germany’s toughest steps since the start of the pandemic but said there wasn’t enough time to implement it properly.
“To be absolutely clear, this mistake is solely and alone my mistake as in the end I am the one who carries the final responsibility,” she told reporters in Berlin on Wednesday, acknowledging that the episode will increase uncertainty. “I deeply regret this and ask all citizens for forgiveness,” Merkel said.
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