Opposition parties in Berlin’s state parliament want Mayor Kai Wegner to resign for playing tennis while city residents shivered during a five-day power outage.
German public broadcaster RBB reported Wednesday that after being informed of the blackout Saturday, Wegner had gone to play tennis with romantic partner Katharina Günther-Wünsch, Berlin’s top education official.
Wegner confirmed the report in an interview with Welt TV (which, like POLITICO and E&E News, belongs to the Axel Springer group).
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“I played tennis from 1 to 2 p.m. because I wanted to clear my head. I was reachable the whole time. … My phone was on loud. I went straight back afterward and continued working,” he told Welt.
