He was rushed to hospital and is being treated for a broken nose and bruisesThe minister, 61, tripped while descending from the podium at the end of his speech to a conference on Germany's digital strategy in the city of Dortmund.
Footage showed Mr Altmaier stepping down from the podium and then cut to the audience applauding, before they gasped and their hands went to their mouths at the sight of his fall.
it's an Omen folks! the German economy is about to crash!
Seems somehow appropriate in a symbolic sort of way.
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