A presidential jet carrying newly inaugurated French President Francois Hollande was hit by lightning en route to Berlin and forced to turn back to Paris, but the Socialist was unharmed and took off again in another plane, a presidential source said.
Damn. This Hollande guy is definitely more flashy than his predecessor Sarkozy was. When it comes to lightning, I mean.
Blitzschlag hin oder her. Angela Merkel empfing den französischen Präsidenten im Kanzleramt per Handschlag.
PS: Is there a metaphor here or something?

It´s the fault of climate change and or is it the Chaostheorie working here?
Lightening biolts were tossed by the ghost of Mitterand not wanting to be upstaged by Helmut Kohl’s spiritual successor.