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Germany’s vice-chancellor withdraws from Web Summit
Decision comes after more than 300 Israeli entrepreneurs wrote an open letter to Robert Habeck calling for a boycott of the tech conference
Robert Habeck, the German economy minister and vice-chancellor, has withdrawn from a planned trip to Portugal that was to include attending Europe’s biggest tech conference, as a firestorm over comments by the event’s former chief executive Paddy Cosgrave continues to rage.
The decision comes after more than 300 Israeli entrepreneurs wrote an open letter on Wednesday to Habeck calling for a boycott of Web Summit. It also follows the unexpected resignation of Portugal’s prime minister ...
