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German lawmaker Katrin Göring-Eckardt has sparked controversy with a now-deleted post on social media platform X following Germany’s Euros win over Hungary, in which she referred to the players’ skin colour. After Germany’s 2-0 victory over Hungary in their second Euro 2024 group stage match on Wednesday, Göring-Eckardt, a vice president of the German parliament, wrote: “This team is truly exceptional. Just imagine if there were only white German players.” Göring-Eckard, from the Greens, was referring to a recent survey by public broadcaster WDR which revealed that one in five Germans would pr…

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