“Do you meet because women?” and Sanna Marin and Jacinda Ardern silence the journalist on world television. At the end of an official visit to Auckland, New Zealand Premier Jacinda Ardern and her counterpart, Finnish Premier Sanna Marin, gave their usual press conference. A male correspondent asked, “Are you guys seeing each other because you’re women, are similar in age, and have a lot in common?”
Watch New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unravel this reporter’s question during a joint press conference with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin. He asked the pair ‘are you two dating because you are similar in age and have a lot in common?’
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Sanna Marin looked at him pathetically as Prime Minister Ardern blocked him to teach him a masterful lesson: “First of all, I wonder if anyone ever asked Barack Obama and John Key (former Prime Minister of New Zealand) if they met because they were the same age… We know that we have a much higher proportion of men in politics, it’s reality, but we met because we have many economic ties together and opportunities for growth, our work has nothing to do with the our gender”. A tight smile also for the Finnish Prime Minister, equally lapidary: “We meet because we are both Prime Ministers. We have many things in common and much more to do. One is digital technology and infrastructure.”
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Source: IL Tempo
John Cameron is a journalist at The Nation View specializing in world news and current events, particularly in international politics and diplomacy. With expertise in international relations, he covers a range of topics including conflicts, politics and economic trends.
