German transport minister collapses during cabinet meeting

German Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder was taken to hospital on September 30 after collapsing during a Cabinet meeting in Berlin, government spokesman Stefan Kornelius confirmed.

Schnieder, a member of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), recovered quickly but was hospitalised as a precautionary measure for further examination, Caliber.Az reports per German DP.

The incident occurred during the first day of a two-day Cabinet retreat in the capital, where ministers are discussing the country’s faltering economy.

Schnieder was notably absent from the official group photo taken at the event.

Just last week, the transport minister presented a new strategy for national railway operator Deutsche Bahn, which included the appointment of a new chief executive.

By Sabina Mammadli