German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) is accompanied by Heinz Korte (L), vice-president of the Landvolk farmers' association, Lower Saxony's State Premier Christian Wulff (R) and farmer Johann Heumann (2nd R) as she visits a cow barn in Ritterhude, northwestern Germany, where she met representatives of dairy farmers, creameries and retailers in a dispute on falling milk prices. The farmers began mobilising when several suppliers, including the no-frills supermarket Aldi, lowered the price of milk from 55 to 48 euro cents (75 to 65 dollar cents) per litre (1.75 pints) leaving only between 20 and 25 cents per litre for farmers. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) is accompanied by Heinz Korte (L), vice-president of the Landvolk farmers' association, Lower Saxony's State Premier Christian Wulff (R) and farmer Johann Heumann (2nd R) as she visits a cow barn in Ritterhude, northwestern Germany, where she met representatives of dairy farmers, creameries and retailers in a dispute on falling milk prices. The farmers began mobilising when several suppliers, including the no-frills supermarket Aldi, lowered the price of milk from 55 to 48 euro cents (75 to 65 dollar cents) per litre (1.75 pints) leaving only between 20 and 25 cents per litre for farmers.

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  1. HANOVER, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 15: Lower Saxony Governor Christian Wulff and his wife Bettina depart at the conclusion of a memorial service for Hannover 96 goalkeeper Robert Enke prior to Enke's funeral at AWD Arena on November 15, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. Tens of thousands of fans paid their last tribute to Enke, who was also goalie for the German national team, following Enke's suicide on November 10.
  2. Christian Wulff (2ndL), Governor of Lower Saxony and his wife Bettina (L), Ole von Beust (3rdL), mayor of Hamburg and Erwin Sellering (R), Governor of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern leave the Mainz cathedral prior to a Governors meeting in Mainz October 30, 2009.
  3. BERLIN - OCTOBER 14: Lower Saxony Governor Christian Wulff gives a statement to journalists after the third round of coalition negotiations between the German Christian Democrats (CDU) as well as the Bavarian sister party to the CDU, the CSU and German Free Democrats (FDP), on October 14, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The CDU and FDP emerged from recent federal elections in Germany together with a clear majority of Bundestag seats and are beginning the process of forming a coalition government.
  4. BERLIN - OCTOBER 08: Christian Wulff of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), arrives for the second round of coalition negotiations between the German Free Democrats (FDP) and the CDU, as well as the Bavarian sister party to the CDU, the CSU, on October 8, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The CDU and FDP emerged from recent federal elections in Germany together with a clear majority of Bundestag seats and are beginning the process of forming a coalition government.

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  6. German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during the Armistice Day ceremony marking 91 years since the end of World War I, on November 11, 2009 in Paris. German leaders have attended Armistice Day events in France before -- most notably when chancellor Helmut Kohl took president Francois Mitterrand's hand in Verdun, the scene of one of the fiercest battles of the 1914-18 war. But Merkel's visit will be the first time a German leader has attended the Paris ceremonies marking the surrender of Germany after four years of trench warfare that left millions dead.
  7. German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during the Armistice Day ceremony marking 91 years since the end of World War I, on November 11, 2009 in Paris. German leaders have attended Armistice Day events in France before -- most notably when chancellor Helmut Kohl took president Francois Mitterrand's hand in Verdun, the scene of one of the fiercest battles of the 1914-18 war. But Merkel's visit will be the first time a German leader has attended the Paris ceremonies marking the surrender of Germany after four years of trench warfare that left millions dead.
  8. German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) waves aboard a car as she leaves the Armistice Day ceremony marking 91 years since the end of World War I, on November 11, 2009 in Paris. German leaders have attended Armistice Day events in France before -- most notably when chancellor Helmut Kohl took president Francois Mitterrand's hand in Verdun, the scene of one of the fiercest battles of the 1914-18 war. But Merkel's visit will be the first time a German leader has attended the Paris ceremonies marking the surrender of Germany after four years of trench warfare that left millions dead.
  9. HANOVER, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 15: Lower Saxony Governor Christian Wulff of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) holds a speach during Robert Enke's memorial service prior to Enke�s funeral at AWD Arena on November 15, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. Tens of thousands of fans paid their last tribute to Enke, who was also goalie for the German national team, following Enke�s suicide on November 10.
  10. HANOVER, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 15: Lower Saxony Governor Christian Wulff and his wife Bettina depart at the conclusion of a memorial service for Hannover 96 goalkeeper Robert Enke prior to Enke's funeral at AWD Arena on November 15, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. Tens of thousands of fans paid their last tribute to Enke, who was also goalie for the German national team, following Enke's suicide on November 10.
  11. Roland Koch, Governor of Hesse, Ole von Beust, Mayor of Hamburg, Erwin Sellering, Governor of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Christian Wulff, Governor of Lower Saxony, Juergen Ruettgers, Governor of Northrhine-Westphalia, Peter Mueller, Governor of Saarland and Peter Harry Carstensen, Governor of Schleswig-Holstein (second line L-R) Jens Boehrnsen, Mayor of Bremen, Horst Seehofer, Governor of Bavaria, Stanislaw Tillich, Governor of Saxony, German President Horst Koehler, Kurt Beck, Governor of Rhineland-Palatinate, Wolfgang Boehmer, Governor of Saxony Anhalt and Klaus Wowereit, mayor of Berlin (first line L-R) pose for the media during a Governors meeting in Mainz October 30, 2009.
  12. Christian Wulff (2ndL), Governor of Lower Saxony and his wife Bettina (L), Ole von Beust (3rdL), mayor of Hamburg and Erwin Sellering (R), Governor of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern leave the Mainz cathedral prior to a Governors meeting in Mainz October 30, 2009.
  13. Roland Koch, Governor of Hesse, Jens Boehrnsen, Mayor of Bremen, Ole von Beust, Mayor of Hamburg, Erwin Sellering, Governor of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Juergen Ruettgers, Governor of Northrhine-Westphalia and Christian Wulff, Governor of Lower Saxony (second line L-R) and Horst Seehofer, Governor of Bavaria, Wolfgang Boehmer, Governor of Saxony Anhalt, Kurt Beck, Governor of Rhineland-Palatinate, Stanislaw Tillich, Governor of Saxony and Klaus Wowereit, Mayor of Berlin (first line L-R) pose for the media prior to a Governors meeting in Mainz October 30, 2009.
  14. leader of the German Free Democrats (FDP) Guido Westerwelle (L-R), German Chancellor and head of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel, Philipp Roesler and Christian Wulff chat before coalition talks in Berlin, October 23, 2009. Merkel's conservatives and the pro-business FDP won a parliamentary majority in an election last month and have been hammering out a joint policy agenda that they plan to complete in the next 24 hours.
  15. leader of the German Free Democrats (FDP) Guido Westerwelle (L-R), German Chancellor and head of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel, Philipp Roesler and Christian Wulff chat before coalition talks in Berlin, October 23, 2009. Merkel's conservatives and the pro-business FDP won a parliamentary majority in an election last month and have been hammering out a joint policy agenda that they plan to complete in the next 24 hours.
  16. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Philipp Roesler, Lower Saxony's state prime minister Christian Wulff, Guido Westerwelle, leader of the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP), Angela Merkel, German Chancellor and leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party (CDU), German Christian Social Union (CSU) leader Horst Seehofer and Ramsauer (LtoR) gather before their coalition talks in Berlin, October 22, 2009.

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