At least in Germany ministers are intelligent enough to resign themselves instead of staying for some weeks and then getting kicked out.
Maybe, maybe not. We will never know.
He did inform his owners (Merkel and Bild) on monday... and one of them broke the story 45min in advance. Guess which one.
Merkel ? LOL, looks like someone else is trying to limit damages...
For all who think we Germans overreact. No one, not even his fans, want that we get in Germany relations like Italy.
You didn't overreact at all. You are lucky to live in a country where certain things are not tolerated, and I wish France or Italy were like that.