BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - OCTOBER 30: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend the European Union Summit at the EU headquarters on October 30, 2009, in Brussels, Belgium. EU leaders have agreed to enter world climate talks arguing that poorer nations will need 100 billion euros a year by 2020 to tackle global warming. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 weeks ago

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - OCTOBER 30: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend the European Union Summit at the EU headquarters on October 30, 2009, in Brussels, Belgium. EU leaders have agreed to enter world climate talks arguing that poorer nations will need 100 billion euros a year by 2020 to tackle global warming.

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  1. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero leaves an EU summit in Brussels, Friday Oct. 30, 2009. The European Union is seeking to maintain a united stand on climate change Friday by giving leeway to poorer member states to pay less into global climate aid fund.
  2. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero leaves an EU summit in Brussels, Friday Oct. 30, 2009. The European Union is seeking to maintain a united stand on climate change Friday by giving leeway to poorer member states to pay less into global climate aid fund.
  3. Finland's Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels October 30, 2009.
  4. Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite (R) arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels October 30, 2009.
  5. Hungary's Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels October 30, 2009.
  6. Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann arrives at the EU council headquarters for the second day of the European Union Leaders Summit in Brussels October 30, 2009.
  7. 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.
  8. German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a session of the lower house of parliament (Bundestag) in Berlin on November 12, 2009.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is congratulated by Free Democrats Party (FDP) leader Guido Westerwelle after she was re-elected as chancellor during a special session of parliament, at the German Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin October 28, 2009.
  14. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is congratulated by Free Democrats Party (FDP) leader Guido Westerwelle after she was re-elected as chancellor during a special session of parliament, at the German Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin October 28, 2009.
  15. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is congratulated by Free Democrats Party (FDP) leader Guido Westerwelle after she was re-elected as chancellor during a special session of parliament, at the German Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin October 28, 2009.
  16. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is congratulated by Free Democrats Party (FDP) leader Guido Westerwelle after she was re-elected as chancellor during a special session of parliament, at the German Bundestag (lower house of parliament) in Berlin October 28, 2009.

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