Merkel suffers dizzy spell but recovers for TV interviews

German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) leader Angela Merkel inspects the CDU party convention hall in Cologne December 8, 2014. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a dizzy spell and had to interrupt a television interview on Monday evening but later carried on to finish that and other interviews, her spokesman said.

Merkel was in the midst of an interview with ZDF television, one of a series of media interviews held before Tuesday's congress of her conservative party, when she suddenly felt unwell and needed a break, spokesman Steffen Seibert said.