BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, usually reluctant to speak on personal matters, on Tuesday conceded an early indiscretion -- smoking a cigarette and hiding the fact from her parents.
Merkel, the daughter of a pastor, was asked by broadcaster NDR about any "youthful sin" after her main challenger, former European Parliament president Martin Schulz, admitted to throwing a packet of laundry detergent into a public pool during one "crazy night".
