The former Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, admitted that her severe tremors during official events in 2019 could have been caused by severe stress, in particular, the loss of a loved one. In the summer of 2019, during official events in Berlin, Merkel suffered severe tremors three times in front of the public. At that time, her press service explained it exclusively by dehydration of the body in hot weather, Merkel herself avoided directly answering questions about her health condition. "When that time, in 2019, during the ceremony with military honors, I had a severe shaking attack, at the moment when all that (internal- ed.) tension erupted, probably because of the death of my mother or the fact that I knew that I was going to leave (the city) "In such moments, the body just gives signals, and from a human point of view, it's very, very good," Merkel said in an interview on Magenta TV. He noted that, most likely, he spent too little time to recover from the loss, but due to his official duties, he could not afford to take a break from work. According to the former chancellor, the solution to the problem at that time was to switch to participating in military reviews in a sitting position. "At first it seemed a little strange, but then everyone got used to it," Merkel summed up.