US EditionMan fined after hugging German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
- A Frankfurt District Court fined a man €4,500 for hugging Chancellor Olaf Scholz after he joined the security convoy by chance.
- The man stated he had been partying for two days before the incident on an airport runway.
- Scholz's spokesperson Wolfgang Buechner said the Chancellor 'didn't feel threatened at any point.'
- The defendant was found partially responsible for the crime due to being under the influence of drugs.
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Scholz hugger must pay 4500 euros penalty
For a man in Germany, the hug of Chancellor Olaf Scholz has not been without consequences: he has to pay a fine of 4500 euros because he pushed himself into a security column with his car and drove without permission to the Frankfurt airport area (see video above). He was now sentenced to a fine on Thursday for endangering road traffic and breaking house peace. This is 150 daily rates of 30 euros each. In addition, there is a two-and-a-half-year…
A man in Germany received a huge fine for hugging Olaf Scholz at the airport
A man in Germany has been fined a substantial sum by the courts after two years ago he managed to avoid security at Frankfurt airport and hugged Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the tarmac of the plane he was preparing to board...
Man who hugged Scholz at airport fined 4,500 euros
A German court has fined a 50-year-old man 4,500 euros (£3,900) for joining German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's convoy to the airport two years ago, where he hugged the leader. The court found him guilty of endangering traffic and entering the airport without authorisation.
The Herald Scotland
The NationalFine for man who entered VIP convoy and hugged Germany’s Chancellor
The man approached Olaf Scholz as he prepared to board a plane at Frankfurt.
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