German Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly collapsed while visiting the Wagner Festival in Germany, according to news outlets Bild and Der Speigel. Merkel, 61, apparently slipped from her chair inside a restaurant in the town of Bayreuth. It's unclear whether or not she was hurt. Bild reports the chancellor was out for a few minutes before she was able to get to her feet again, with help from others nearby. Merkel, long considered one of the world's most powerful women, has been on a whirlwind journey of late, and a key fixture in the Greek debt crisis as murmurs of a possible Greek exit from the eurozone loomed large at the peak of Greece's economic unrest. Reuters reported last month that Germany would bear much of the blame for a "Grexit," perhaps more than any other European country. It has been noted that in private conversations about Greece's near-collapse, Merkel said her "biggest fear" was being blamed for "blowing up Europe" for the third time in a century.Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: How not to behave in 7 countries around the world
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