German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle faces accusations of blurring the lines between his office, party politics and his private life. He has taken his partner Michael Mronz, an entrepreneur, on an official trip to South America this week along with several former donors to his pro-business FDP party. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who is openly gay, has rejected criticism of his decision to take his partner, Michael Mronz, on an official trip to South America with him. Mronz is an event manager who organizes sports events. Critics have accused Westerwelle and Mronz of failing to keep their professional and private lives separate.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle faces accusations of blurring the lines between his office, party politics and his private life. He has taken his partner Michael Mronz, an entrepreneur, on an official trip to South America this week along with several former donors to his pro-business FDP party.
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who is openly gay, has rejected criticism of his decision to take his partner, Michael Mronz, on an official trip to South America with him.
Mronz is an event manager who organizes sports events. Critics have accused Westerwelle and Mronz of failing to keep their professional and private lives separate.
They're awfully sloppy today. In point of fact, numerous outlets (e.g. SZ) are reporting that Westerwelle's delegation included business partners of both his brother and his significant other.
If he had just taken his SO, I doubt this would be news at all. But this has all the signs of straight-up favoritism. The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
