Ministry statements shed new light on Baerbock's alleged scandalous flight. The Foreign Minister recently had to spend an unplanned night in Saudi Arabia because she did not have an overflight permit.

Last year there were such problems with one of their government planes during a trip abroad that the plane was even taken out of service. It is not the first time that the Foreign Minister has created an alleged scandal in recent times. The reason: A return flight from Copenhagen to Berlin from 2022 and an extra plane supposedly ordered just for this purpose.