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Grid operators, which are responsible for the connections, and their suppliers have underestimated the challenges of connecting projects that can cost upward of 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), he said. The sluggish start to Germany’s offshore wind...
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(AFP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to bring the opposition on board over Germany's new president shows she has at least one eye on elections next year and potential new coalition partners, analysts said on Monday. After Dr Merkel's handpicked...
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A float with papier-mache showing German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a skeleton showing the Free Democratic Party (FDP) on a bicycle is pictured at the traditional Rose Monday carnival parade in the western German city of Duesseldorf February 20, 2012. View Photo »
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We are now challenged to implement the fiscal pact quickly
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Friday, Christian Wulff resigned as the president of Germany after the tabloid BILD released evidence of his corrupt business dealings. Two days later, Chancellor Angela Merkel and representatives from Germany 's main political parties agreed on a...
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In the case of Portugal, public accounts are being regulated with iron discipline in order to meet the fiscal deficit goals demanded by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whom Olivares describes as "master of the EU" in contrast with the weakness of the...
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William Boston BERLIN—Germany's main political parties have reached a hard-won consensus to nominate Joachim Gauck, a theologian and former East German dissident, as the next German president, but the decision has exposed deep rifts in Chancellor Angela...
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A carnival float depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nikolas Sarkozy embracing as Merkozy participates the traditional carnival parade in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. The foolish street spectacles in... View Photo »
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Whilst Merkel and Sarkozy agreed to refrain from applying pressure on the ECB in public, Angela Merkel's determination to prevent any implementation of a euro bond before proper fiscal integration of the euro area is seen, something that could take years to achieve, sent markets in an afternoon tailspin...
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2012. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender A float featuring Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes its way through the streets of Duesseldorf during the traditional Rose Monday parade on February 20, 2012. AFP/ROLAND WEIHRAUCH A carnival float carrying a...
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“The central theme of Joachim Gauck’s public activity is the idea of freedom in responsibility, and exactly that is what personally connects me to Joachim Gauck, despite our many differences,” Mrs. Merkel said late Sunday in deciding to back a...
About Angela Merkel
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Angela Dorothea Merkel (help·info) (IPA: [ˈaŋɡela doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛɐ̯kəl]) (born Angela Dorothea Kasner, 17 July 1954, in Hamburg, West Germany), is the Chancellor of Germany. Merkel, elected to the German Parliament from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 9 April 2000, and Chairwoman of the... Full Article
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