Croatia's Foreign Minister faced heavy scrutiny after attempting to kiss Germany's Foreign Minister, Baerbock, during a live telecast at an EU Enlargement Conference in Berlin. Baerbock deftly avoided the kiss, laughing it off, but cameras captured the awkward encounter, leading to public outrage and criticism from women's rights activists and the German media.
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00:00 Croatia's Foreign Minister Gordon Ramdan got mad and heavy scrutiny due to his attempt
00:07 to kiss German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on a live telecast.
00:11 During an EU enlargement conference in Berlin, Gordon Ramdan, aged 65, went for a kiss after
00:17 having handshake with German Foreign Minister Baerbock.
00:20 The German Foreign Minister, acting wisely, turned her head, laughing it off.
00:24 However, cameras captured the moment, drawing attention to the awkward encounter.
00:28 Ever since the incident happened, women's rights activists and the German media have
00:32 not taken the incident lightly.
00:34 The incident has caused a stir in Germany, where Croatia's Foreign Minister was criticised
00:38 heavily by several public figures, whereas it was dubbed as a "kiss attack" by well-known
00:43 German tabloids.
00:44 Furthermore, women's rights activists accused Ramdan of "inappropriate behaviour".
00:48 "It's a completely inappropriate gesture," prominent Croatian women's rights activist
00:52 and former lawmaker Rada Borek told media.
00:55 These comments were echoed by Croatia's former women Prime Minister Jadranka Koso, who questioned,
01:00 "Isn't the forced kissing of a woman called violence, isn't it?"
01:03 In the end, Ramdan apologised for his behaviour.
01:06 However, he still reminded everyone that his actions were not entirely wrong.
01:11 "We ministers always reach each other cordially.
01:14 If someone saw something bad in that, then apologies to whoever took it that way," he
01:18 said, adding to his diplomatic offering might have turned just awkward.
01:22 Meanwhile, Annalena Baerbock, the foreign minister of Germany, has said nothing about
01:27 the situation in the meantime.
01:29 But this episode has immensely damaged the 65-year-old foreign minister's reputation.
01:34 Why exactly was such a gesture necessary, no one has a resolute answer.
01:38 However, his political career has already been harmed by the public outcry.
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