German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting, at the chancellery in Berlin, on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Angela Merkel planned meetings later in the day to bring together German and U.S. officials with GM representatives and Opel's potential suitors as pressure builds for a decision on its future. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting, at the chancellery in Berlin, on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Angela Merkel planned meetings later in the day to bring together German and U.S. officials with GM representatives and Opel's potential suitors as pressure builds for a decision on its future.

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  3. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - DECEMBER 06: Travellers wait for their baggage next to an advertising sign showing a picture of grown old German Chancellor Angela Merkel and reading 'I'm sorry. We could have stopped catastrophic climate change. ..we didn't' at the Copenhagen airport on December 6, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Politicians and environmentalists will meet for the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 which opens on December 7 and runs until December 18.
  4. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Activists dressed as (from L to R) leaders Abdoyale Wade of Senegal, Barack Obama of the USA, Angela Merkel of Germany and Hu Jintao of China pretend to debate in a giant aquarium filling with water on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The activists were hoping to raise awareness for the need for rapid action on global warming ahead of the upcoming international conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
  5. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Activists dressed as (from L to R) leaders Abdoyale Wade of Senegal, Barack Obama of the USA, Angela Merkel of Germany and Hu Jintao of China pretend to debate in a giant aquarium filling with water on December 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The activists were hoping to raise awareness for the need for rapid action on global warming ahead of the upcoming international conference on climate change in Copenhagen.
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  9. BERLIN - DECEMBER 03: A police van drives past giant banners showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel that read: 'Climate Protection Now! Copenhagen 2009' (L) and 'Mrs. Merkel: Save the Climate! Now!' hanging from Hauptbahnhof train station on December 3, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The banners, hung by Greenpeace activists, refers to the upcoming summit on climate change in Copenhagen, where Chancellor Merkel will lead the delegation representing Germany.
  10. BERLIN - DECEMBER 03: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak to the media after talks on December 3, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Ministers from the two countries signed a series of documents on mutual cooperation, including one aimed at supporting measures to reduce global warming.
  11. German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at an European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on November 19, 2009 in Brussels. European leaders were urged not to miss a 'historic occasion' as they gather to choose a first-ever European Union president to represent the 27-nation bloc on the world stage.
  12. German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a session of the lower house of parliament (Bundestag) in Berlin on November 12, 2009.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.

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