German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted she was “very well”, despite suffering her third trembling spell in less than a month on Wednesday that has focused attention on her health.
Merkel began shaking involuntarily as national anthems were being played at the reception of Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne.
But she attended a press conference as planned just around an hour later, telling journalists that her health was no cause for concern.
“I feel very well, there is no need to worry,” she said, adding that she was simply still in a phase of “processing” a previous shaking spell, but that “there has been progress”. “I will have to live with it for a while,” added Merkel, who turns 65 next week.
“Just like how it has come, one day it will go away too,” she said.
A source close to the government had said the cause of the repeat shaking was now psychological, with memories of the first incident provoking renewed trembling at events with similar settings.
