His message caused a stir in Brazil this week, where many officials expressed outrage at what they considered contempt for their country by the Western leader.
On Tuesday's entry on X Mayor Rio de Janeiro Paes named Merza “The boy of Hitler! A drifter! Nazi!”.
A Brazilian authoritative shortly removed the entry, writing in another that the tirade was his ‘a way to discharge the voltage’.
Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva suggested that Merz himself was guilty of not being able to full enjoy Belém's charms, claiming that the Brazilian city was a good match to Berlin.
In the entry on the X state politician of the Para, in which Belém is located, Helder Barbalh wrote: "It is interesting that those who contributed to the warming of the planet consider the heat of the Amazon to be strange."
On Wednesday, the German Chancellor upheld his controversial statement.
“I said that Germany is 1 of the most beautiful countries in the planet and I presume that president Lula will accept it” said Merz.
Although Merza’s choice of words did not origin specified a large stir in the country, he faced any criticism.
Katharina Roads of the Green organization stated that"The image the Chancellor presented on his journey to Brazil was disastrous".
Translated by Google Translator
Source:https://www.rt.com/news/628038-germany-merz-brazil-city-comment-outrage/
