BERLIN - NOVEMBER 09: German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech to the spectators in front of the Brandenburg Gate on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The city of Berlin is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which led to the end of communist rule in East Germany and later on the reunification of East and West Germany, with a spectacular event at the Brandenburg Gate and the participation of international leaders. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

BERLIN - NOVEMBER 09: German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech to the spectators in front of the Brandenburg Gate on November 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The city of Berlin is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which led to the end of communist rule in East Germany and later on the reunification of East and West Germany, with a spectacular event at the Brandenburg Gate and the participation of international leaders.

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  1. BERLIN - DECEMBER 09: German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during the weekly German government cabinet meeting at the Chancellery (Bundeskanzleramt) on December 9, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. High on the morning's agenda was the participation of the German armed Forces Bundeswehr at the international operation, so called 'Atalanta'.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (R, in blue tie) prepare to cast their votes with other members of the parliament during a debate of the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, December 3, 2009. German lower house of parliament Bundestag on Thursday is due to vote to extend Germany's participation in a NATO peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan for one more year.
  5. 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.
  6. BERLIN - DECEMBER 02: Newly appointed German Family Minister Kristina Koehler (R) chats with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) prior to she takes the oath of office as Norbert Lammert, President of the German lower house of parliament, presides at the Bundestag on December 2, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Kristina Koehler replaces Ursula von der Leyen who replaces Franz Josef Jung as Minister of Work and Social Issues. Franz Josef Jung resigned on November 27 over a deadly air strike in Afghanistan in September 2009, when he was Defence minister.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  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.
  6. BERLIN - DECEMBER 05: Spectators watch as 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  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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