BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel fully backs her defence minister over her handling of a scandal about far-right sympathisers in the military, her spokesman said, after the arrest of an officer suspected of planning a racially motivated attack.
Ursula von der Leyen angered the armed forces and some politicians by lambasting "weak leadership" across the military at the weekend, but she has vowed to dig further to get to the root of far-right sentiment, even if it takes a long time.
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