Overview

• Friends confirmed to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur that Julia Klöckner and Jörg Pilawa have been in a relationship for about six weeks.
• Eyewitness photos captured their joint appearances in Bad Kreuznach and earlier at Sylt’s Sansibar, though the pair have released no official portrait.
• A Bad Kreuznach bicycle shop removed its Instagram photo of Klöckner and Pilawa, indicating careful management of their privacy under media scrutiny.
• Entertainer Harald Schmidt publicly praised the pairing after sensing Klöckner’s new happiness during a brief encounter at the Nibelungen-Festspiele in Worms.
• Pilawa is reportedly planning a small family gathering for his Sept. 7 60th birthday, where Klöckner is set to meet his three children and close relatives.