BERLIN — A German court has fined a man for slipping into a VIP convoy for Chancellor Olaf Scholz in 2023 and giving him a hug as he prepared to board a plane at Frankfurt Airport, according to German news agency dpa.

Court gave the 50-year-old man a fine and a two-and-a-half-year driving ban for endangering road traffic in conjunction with the event.{ai:summary}A German court has imposed a fine on a man who infiltrated a VIP convoy for Chancellor Olaf Scholz in 2023 and hugged him at Frankfurt Airport before he boarded a plane. The incident raised security concerns regarding the protection of high-profile officials. #politics

Man who hugged the German chancellor must pay $7,000 fine

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