Chancellor Angela Merkel-led new German government has been jolted by its first political crisis after a minister resigned over claims he leaked confidential information about an international child pornography probe involving an Indian-origin ex-MP.
Germany's Minister for Food and Agriculture Hans-Peter Friedrich stepped down on Friday afternoon, taking responsibility for leaking intelligence information about an impending investigation against Social Democrat (SPD) parliamentarian Sebastian Edathy last October, when he was in charge of the interior ministry.
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