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G7 summit in Elmau: Ski star Neureuther talks about hiking with first ladies - but he is silent about one thing

2022-06-28T07:50:19.663Z


G7 summit in Elmau: Ski star Neureuther talks about hiking with first ladies - but he is silent about one thing Created: 06/28/2022, 09:36 Ski racer Christian Neureuther (left) and his daughter-in-law Miriam (2nd from left) with the First Ladies of Great Britain, France and Germany - Carrie Johnson, Brigitte Macron, Britta Ernst - and Amelie Derbaudrenghien, the wife of the President of the EU C


G7 summit in Elmau: Ski star Neureuther talks about hiking with first ladies - but he is silent about one thing

Created: 06/28/2022, 09:36

Ski racer Christian Neureuther (left) and his daughter-in-law Miriam (2nd from left) with the First Ladies of Great Britain, France and Germany - Carrie Johnson, Brigitte Macron, Britta Ernst - and Amelie Derbaudrenghien, the wife of the President of the EU Council.

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Ski star Christian Neureuther went hiking with the partners of the G7 heads of government on Sunday - and was completely enthusiastic afterwards.

Update from June 27, 11:20 a.m .:

Ex-ski racer Christian Neureuther (73) claims to have quickly made friends with the wives of the heads of government in the partner program on the sidelines of the G7 summit.

"We had so much fun," he told the German Press Agency on Monday.

“They are so lovely, it was so heartfelt.

It was as if we had known each other for a long time.

Neureuther, his daughter-in-law Miriam and granddaughter Lotta had accompanied Chancellor's wife Britta Ernst, the wife of the French President, Brigitte Macron, Boris Johnson's wife Carrie and Amélie Derbaudrenghien, the wife of EU Council President Charles Michel, while Nordic walking around the Upper Bavarian Ferchensee and should also Meet them again on Monday.

G7 summit 2022 in Elmau: Neureuther excited after hiking with First Ladies

"Nowhere else do you bring people together better than when you do sports together," said Neureuther.

"Go, chat with each other", that's better than any visit to a museum.

"It was important to us to also tell something about our landscape and nature," he said.

He showed his companions "beautiful orchids and alpine roses" before they went to a pub together.

Above all, the atmosphere there was excellent: "It was really very funny".

Why?

"I can't tell you that now."

G7 women in Elmau: First ladies having fun with the partner program

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All four women were very athletic.

"Brigitte, that is, Mrs. Macron, didn't even want to take the shuttle, but to walk back and she did that." According to Neureuther, it should not have been the group's last meeting: "In the end, we agreed that we will meet while skiing.”

Original article from June 26th:

Garmisch-Partenkirchen - From June 26th to 28th the G7 summit 2022 will take place in Elmau.

On the G7 agenda on Sunday is Nordic Walking with the ski stars Christian Neureuther and Miriam Neureuther for the partners of the heads of government.

But some First Ladies - including Jill Biden, the wife of the US President - are not there.

G7 summit 2022 in Elmau: Why Christian Neureuther is going hiking with the G7 partners

At the G7 summit in 2015, Joachim Sauer, husband of Angela Merkel, was the “star guest” of the G7 partner program.

At lunchtime, he used a knife and fork to teach US President Barack Obama how to eat a white sausage without the skin on - it was one of the highlights of the meeting at the time.

Chopping the Weißwurst - as real Bavarians prescribe - probably went a bit too far in front of the cameras of the world press at the time.

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Real Bavarians: Christian Neureuther with his son Felix Neureuther in traditional costume at the Filserball 2020 in the Paulaner am Nockherberg.

Christian Neureuther and his daughter-in-law Miriam are responsible for the G7 partner program on Sundays.

© Steffi Adam / Future Image

At this year's summit, Bavarian Christian Neureuther must uphold the traditions - or at least present the postcard idyll of Bavaria.

Because the former ski racer is going hiking on Sunday together with his daughter-in-law, the biathlete Miriam Neureuther, and the partners of the G7 participants.

Neureuther was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, so as a local and honorary citizen of the city he is an ideal tourist guide.

Because Schloss Elmau, the venue of the G7 summit, is only around ten kilometers from his home town.

According to the schedule, the Nordic walking hike around Lake Ferchensee - about four kilometers from Schloss Elmau - begins at 2 p.m.

US First Lady Jill Biden on a trip to Florida.

However, she did not travel to Bavaria for the G7 summit.

© IMAGO/Allison Dinner / Zuma Wire

US President Jill Biden probably preferred not to do that.

In any case, the Federal Press Office announced on Sunday that the First Lady of the USA was not traveling to the G7 summit in Germany.

Her next official appointment is apparently the NATO summit, for which she will be in the Spanish capital Madrid from June 28th to 30th.

Even at the last G7 summit in Elmau in 2015, then First Lady Michelle Obama did not come.

In 2007, on the other hand, Laura Bush, the wife of US President George W. Bush, insisted on being present at the summit in Heiligendamm.

By the way, Lyudmila Putina, Vladimir Putin's wife, was also there at the time - because Russia was part of the G8 for a time before the Crimea annexation.

G7 summit 2022 in Elmau: who will take part in the partner program 2022 - and who will not

In addition to US President Joe Biden, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also came to Bavaria without their wives.

The partner program will be a women-only group this year, because the husband of EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is also missing.

That's how idyllic it was at the partner program of the 2015 G7 summit in Elmau.

Joachim Sauer, Akie Abe, Laureen Harper and Malgorzata Tusk walked along the Ferchensee.

Jill Biden is now letting this slip.

© Felix Kästle/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

A total of only four First Ladies participate.

This year, Brigitte Macron, wife of the French President, Boris Johnson's wife Carrie, Amélie Derbaudrenghien, wife of EU Council President Charles Michel and hostess Britta Ernst, wife of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, will be there.

It is her first major appearance as First Lady.

In the coming days, talks with researchers from Germany's highest environmental research station in the Schneefernerhaus and a meeting with a master violin maker from Mittenwald

(dpa/bme) are also planned for the women of the G7 participants.

Source: merkur

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