German candidate sorry for laughing scene in flood visit - Associated Press

While Steinmeier gave a statement to reporters after the visit, Laschet and a group of others stood in the background.

Photos showed him turning to someone else and laughing.

Lars Klingbeil, the general secretary of the center-left Social Democrats, told Sunday’s Bild am Sonntag newspaper that Laschet’s behavior was “lacking in decency and appalling.”.