"Trash, absolute garbage!" - Merkel Minister Schmidt yells at journalists 

Created: 08/18/2022, 14:26

By: Felix Durach

The former federal minister and current representative of Bosnia, Schmidt, burst into a rage at a PK and yelled at the journalists present.

Sarajevo – The high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt (CSU), caused a stir with an outburst of anger at a press conference on Wednesday.

The 64-year-old was Minister of Agriculture in Angela Merkel's cabinet between 2014 and 2018 and has been the international representative in the capital Sarajevo for almost a year.

CSU politician Schmidt allows himself to freak out in Bosnia - "garbage, absolute garbage",

After a visit to the small town of Gorazde, Schmidt was approached by the journalists present about a possible electoral reform that he could push through despite the lack of political unity.

As a result, the CSU man apparently burst his collar.

"Trash, absolute garbage," rumbled Schmidt, visibly upset, in the direction of the journalists.

“I stand here because I care about this country.

This is a city where people have lost their lives and we are not here to play political games," the High Representative continued.

The CSU politician continued in a rather undiplomatic tone: “The people here deserve that the politicians who elected them work and don’t just complain!

That is the core problem!”

The then Minister of Agriculture Christian Schmidt in conversation with Chancellor Angela Merkel in the German Bundestag in 2014.

(Archive image) © Christian Thiel/imago-images

Ex-Federal Minister Schmidt with outburst of anger – "I'm fed up with this situation"

"I'm fed up with this situation.

Everyone blames everyone.

Friends, that's not how you get to Europe!” said the 64-year-old.

Schmidt's job as senior representative includes implementing the 1995 Dayton Accords, which ended the war that separated Bosnia-Herzegovina from then-Yugoslavia.

Schmidt's freak was shared several times on Twitter.

Elections in Bosnia: High Representative Schmidt was criticized for changing the law

Most recently, the CSU man had come under increasing criticism for a desired change in the electoral law in Bosnia.

It is believed that Schmidt could support the introduction of a three percent rule.

This would in turn mean that in the cantons of the Bosniak-Croatian Federation in which less than three percent of a population group lives, delegates from this population group can no longer be elected to the House of Representatives.

also read

Ex-intelligence chief: Vladimir Putin will experience an 'unpleasant end'

Ukraine nuclear power plant Zaporizhia: Russia warns of "catastrophic consequences" - with Chernobyl comparison

Critics of the intended change in the law speak of discrimination and apartheid.

The population in Bosnia is made up of three major ethnic groups: Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs.

Since the end of the war, a High Representative appointed by the United Nations has overseen the implementation of the civilian aspects of the Dayton Agreement.

The next parliamentary elections in Bosnia are scheduled for October 2, 2022.