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Despite the prevailing pandemic, ministers from several different countries have met during EU summits this week, as well as a meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg and a meeting of heads of state and government in Brussels. After a person in the context was found infected, President Ursula von der Leyen walked out of the meeting in Brussels and self-quarantined. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin also returned home after a member of parliament she met with earlier this week tested positive for COVID-19.
The Austrian Foreign Ministry has announced that the country’s Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, who attended the Foreign Ministers meeting, tested positive. Everyone in the Austrian government will now be evaluated because Schallenberg attended a government meeting on Wednesday.
Ann Linde isolated
Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde also attended the meeting in Luxembourg and announced through her press secretary that she had isolated herself while waiting for a test response:
“Foreign Minister Ann Linde attended the EU Foreign Ministers meeting earlier this week. Austria’s Foreign Minister was also present, and yesterday tested positive for covid-19. The Chancellor is fine and he has no symptoms, but he applies the task until he receives a negative test result. ” press secretary Klara Watmani writes to SVT News.
Belgian Foreign Minister Sophie Wilmès also tested positive for the virus and was isolated.
Criticisms of the physical encounter
Both the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, and the Finnish Sanna Marin, have wondered why the meeting of Heads of State and Government was not held in digital format.
The Swedish Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven, for his part, considered, as did the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and the president of the Permanent Council of the EU, Charles Michel, among others, that it was necessary to be seen physically.
Correction: The video previously in the article did not show images from the EU summit this week.
