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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel take a sip after raising a toast prior to a joint dinner in Jerusalem, on January 31, 2011. View Photo »
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C-L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C-R) shake hands as they pose with all their ministers after a press conference following a joint cabinet meeting in Netanyahu's office on January 31, 2011, in Jerusalem,... View Photo »
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel gesture at a press conference following a joint cabinet meeting in Netanyahu's office on January 31, 2011, in Jerusalem, at the start of her two-day visit. Netanyahu... View Photo »
COLOGNE, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 20: A carnival float showing german chancellor Angela Merkel with Philipp Roesler of german Free Democratic Party as her puppy accompanies in the Rose Monday parade on February 20, 2012 in Cologne, Germany. Rose Monday is... View Photo »
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 »
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 »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (3rd R), Green party co-leader Claudia Roth, leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel (2nd L), the head of the Christian Social Union (CSU) Horst Seehofer (2nd R) and leader of the FDP, Economy Minister... View Photo »
ADDING INFO AND CORRECTING CITY AND COUNTRY IN IPTC FIELDS. View Photo »
A photo taken on July 2, 2010 in Berlin shows former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck standing in front of the Bellevue Palace hosting the German Presidency. German chancellor Angela Merkel announced on February 19, 2012 in Berlin that Gauck... View Photo »
Former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck, the joint candidate of the government and opposition for the post of president, attends a news briefing at the Chancellery in Berlin February 19, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel bowed to pressure... View Photo »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R), opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Sigmar Gabriel (L), Christian Social Union (CSU) head Horst Seehofer (3rd R) and FDP leader Economy Minister Philipp Roesler (R) present their joint candidate for... View Photo »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R). and opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Sigmar Gabriel (L) present their joint candidate for the post of president, former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck, at the Chancellery in Berlin February... View Photo »
(LtoR) Co-leader of the German Green party Claudia Roth, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel, Former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck, German chancellor Angela Merkel, Bavarian State Governor Horst Seehofer and German Economy... View Photo »
(LtoR) Former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck stands next to German chancellor Angela Merkel after they gave a press conference on February 19, 2012 at the Chancellery in Berlin to announce that Gauck will replace resigned Christian Wulff as German... View Photo »
(LtoR) Former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck, German chancellor Angela Merkel and Bavarian State Governor Horst Seehofer leave after giving a press conference on February 19, 2012 at the Chancellery in Berlin to announce that Gauck will replace... View Photo »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (3rd R) and joint candidate for the post of president, former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck (C), attend a news conference with party leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin February 19, 2012. Merkel bowed to... View Photo »
Former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck, the joint candidate of the government and opposition for the post of president, attend a news briefing at the Chancellery in Berlin February 19, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have... View Photo »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) smiles during the presentation of former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck for the post of president at the Chancellery in Berlin February 19, 2012. Merkel's conservatives have backed popular opposition... View Photo »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck (2nd L) leave with party leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) party leader Sigmar Gabriel (C) and Die Gruenen (Green Party) co-leader Cem Oezdemir (L)... View Photo »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck leave with party leaders after a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin February 19, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have backed popular... View Photo »
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
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C-L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C-R) shake hands as they pose with all their ministers after a press conference following a joint cabinet meeting in Netanyahu's office on January 31, 2011, in Jerusalem, at the start of her two-day visit...
View Photo »Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel gesture at a press conference following a joint cabinet meeting in Netanyahu's office on January 31, 2011, in Jerusalem, at the start of her two-day visit. Netanyahu warned of the dangers of an...
View Photo »COLOGNE, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 20: A carnival float showing german chancellor Angela Merkel with Philipp Roesler of german Free Democratic Party as her puppy accompanies in the Rose Monday parade on February 20, 2012 in Cologne, Germany. Rose Monday is the highpoint of the Carnival...
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel (3rd R), Green party co-leader Claudia Roth, leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel (2nd L), the head of the Christian Social Union (CSU) Horst Seehofer (2nd R) and leader of the FDP, Economy Minister Philipp Roesler (R), present...
View Photo »ADDING INFO AND CORRECTING CITY AND COUNTRY IN IPTC FIELDS.
View Photo »A photo taken on July 2, 2010 in Berlin shows former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck standing in front of the Bellevue Palace hosting the German Presidency. German chancellor Angela Merkel announced on February 19, 2012 in Berlin that Gauck will replace resigned Christian...
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd R), opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Sigmar Gabriel (L), Christian Social Union (CSU) head Horst Seehofer (3rd R) and FDP leader Economy Minister Philipp Roesler (R) present their joint candidate for the post of president, former East...
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R). and opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) leader Sigmar Gabriel (L) present their joint candidate for the post of president, former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck, at the Chancellery in Berlin February 19, 2012. Merkel bowed to pressure...
View Photo »(LtoR) Co-leader of the German Green party Claudia Roth, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel, Former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck, German chancellor Angela Merkel, Bavarian State Governor Horst Seehofer and German Economy Minister and vice-chancellor...
View Photo »(LtoR) Former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck stands next to German chancellor Angela Merkel after they gave a press conference on February 19, 2012 at the Chancellery in Berlin to announce that Gauck will replace resigned Christian Wulff as German president.
View Photo »(LtoR) Former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck, German chancellor Angela Merkel and Bavarian State Governor Horst Seehofer leave after giving a press conference on February 19, 2012 at the Chancellery in Berlin to announce that Gauck will replace resigned Christian Wulff as German...
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel (3rd R) and joint candidate for the post of president, former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck (C), attend a news conference with party leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin February 19, 2012. Merkel bowed to pressure on Sunday and agreed to back...
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) smiles during the presentation of former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck for the post of president at the Chancellery in Berlin February 19, 2012. Merkel's conservatives have backed popular opposition candidate and former East German rights...
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck (2nd L) leave with party leaders of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) party leader Sigmar Gabriel (C) and Die Gruenen (Green Party) co-leader Cem Oezdemir (L) after a news conference at the...
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck leave with party leaders after a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin February 19, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have backed popular opposition candidate and former...
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel (3rd L) and former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck (4th L) arrive with party leaders for a news briefing at the Chancellery in Berlin February 19, 2012. Merkel's conservatives have backed popular opposition candidate and former East German...
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R). and leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel (L) present their joint candidate for the post of president, former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck, at the Chancellery in Berlin February 19, 2012. Merkel's...
View Photo »(LtoR) Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel, Former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck and German chancellor Angela Merkel give a press conference on February 19, 2012 at the Chancellery in Berlin to announce that Gauck will replace resigned Christian Wulff...
View Photo »A photo taken on October 10, 2010 in Frankfurt am Main shows Former East German rights activist Joachim Gauck. German chancellor Angela Merkel announced on February 19, 2012 Gauck will replace resigned Christian Wulff as German president.
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) stands with Joachim Gauck, former head of the state-funded body which manages the archives of the former East German secret police Stasi, before the awarding ceremony of the M100 media prize 2010 in Potsdam in this September 8, 2010 file picture. ...
View Photo »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. The Rose Monday parades in...
View Photo »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 the carnival centers of...
View Photo »Picture taken on July 25, 2011 shows Bavaria's State Premier Horst Seehofer arriving at the 'Festspielhaus' ahead of the opening performance of 'Tannhaeuser' at the 100th edition of the Richard Wagner opera festival in the southern German city of Bayreuth. Seehofer, who is the current...
View Photo »Picture taken on October 30, 2010 shows Bavaria's State Premier Horst Seehofer attending the party congress of the German Christian Social Union Party (CSU) in Munich, southern Germany. Seehofer, who is the current President of the upper house of the German Parliament, in the interim...
View Photo »Picture taken on November 16, 2010 shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bavaria's State Premier Horst Seehofer on the last day of the 23rd Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party congress in Karlsruhe, southern Germany. Seehofer, who is the current President of the upper house of...
View Photo »Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C-L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C-R) shake hands as they pose with all their ministers after a press conference following a joint cabinet meeting in Netanyahu's office on January 31, 2011, in Jerusalem, at the start of her two-day visit...
View Photo »We must meet the challenge swiftly, and strike a budget deal without trying to soften it.
I think the number one issue in shaping this election is now sitting in Berlin with Angela Merkel
The fact that there is capital there would be an important and good message for the markets
On July 22, 2011, (German Chancellor) Angela Merkel and (French President) Nicolas Sarkozy agreed to a vague compromise -- which is certainly open to interpretation -- between German economic liberalism and French etatism ... All signs indicate that they would both like to transform the executive federa...
Both go together -- the esteem for his work and answering the questions
She's navigating by sight, with no real political vision and no authority. So much sluggishness, so much incapacity to grasp the gravity of the situation, takes the breath away ... Angela Merkel has now become Europe's principal problem.
We are now challenged to implement the fiscal pact quickly
Today's talks between Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy and newly installed Italian prime minister Mario Monti failed to deliver any real degree of improvement in sentiment or boost investor confidence that the euro crisis is being effectively managed by Europe's leaders.
Progress has been made in Greece
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...
I think it is very useful to look at this and see where if necessary we can make changes to legislation
Never in the history of the EU has a German head of government so publicly rebuked a president of the Commission like Angela Merkel has now done with Barroso. As the German chancellor is hardly known for hot-blooded spontaneity, the provocation must have been perceived as very great.
Actually, Angela Merkel and Mario Draghi will do more to decide whether the president gets re-elected than anyone else.
The eurozone’s first obligation this year is to resolve a second Greek programme and finalise these negotiations with the banks so that we can then concentrate on structural problems in the eurozone
I personally, and the whole government believes, that eurobonds are the wrong method -- and even harmful -- in this phase of European development
I believe that we are in fact in a difficult situation and that we need the political courage to bring the euro zone closer together
Not everyone is enthusiastic about treaty change because that requires a difficult process of consensus in individual governments, parliaments and populations for some
It is political confidence in Europe that has been lost - we can only win it back politically
We must take steps toward a fiscal union to express the conviction that we know policies must be more closely coordinated if you have a common, stable currency
Our priority is to have the whole of the Eurozone placed on a stronger treaty basis.
These crimes were no more and no less than an attack on our democracy ... Our responsibility to the victims is to undertake everything possible to clear up these horrible crimes.
