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December 1, 2022

Experts React To Question On Prime Ministers Meeting “Because Of Their Age”

Source: Forbes

question asked to New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, to justify why she was meeting with Finland’s leader, Sanna Marin sparked debate around the world on Wednesday. The reporter asked, “[is it] just because you're similar in age and, you know, got a lot of common stuff?”

Ardern, 42, responded with a rhetorical statement, wondering “whether or not anyone ever asked Barack Obama and [former New Zealand Prime Minister] John Key if they met because they were of similar age.” Marin, who is 37, addressed the question simply by saying, “we’re meeting because we are both prime ministers.”

Click here to read the full article published by Forbes on 30 November 2022.

Author
Stéphanie Fillion
Publisher
Forbes
Publication year
2022
Focus areas
Partner
UN Women

question asked to New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, to justify why she was meeting with Finland’s leader, Sanna Marin sparked debate around the world on Wednesday. The reporter asked, “[is it] just because you're similar in age and, you know, got a lot of common stuff?”

Ardern, 42, responded with a rhetorical statement, wondering “whether or not anyone ever asked Barack Obama and [former New Zealand Prime Minister] John Key if they met because they were of similar age.” Marin, who is 37, addressed the question simply by saying, “we’re meeting because we are both prime ministers.”

Click here to read the full article published by Forbes on 30 November 2022.

Author
Stéphanie Fillion
Publisher
Forbes
Publication year
2022
Focus areas
Partner
UN Women

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