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German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a joint press conference after meeting Macedonian Prime Minister at the chancellery in Berlin on February 14, 2012. View Photo »
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski (L) listens to German Chancellor Angela Merkel as they give a joint press conference after their meeting at the chancellery in Berlin on February 14, 2012. View Photo »
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands at the end of a joint press conference after their meeting at the chancellery in Berlin on February 14, 2012. View Photo »
Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil el Araby (L) shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) as they arrive to give a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin February 14, 2012, after their meeting. Arabi will brief Merkel on 'the... View Photo »
Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil el Araby (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) adress a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin February 14, 2012, after meeting. View Photo »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil al-Arabi, left, arrive for a statement prior to a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. View Photo »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil al-Arabi, left, address the media prior to a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. View Photo »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, shake hands with the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil al-Arabi, left, prior to a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. View Photo »
US President Barack Obama (L), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) speak during the Group of Eight (G8) summit in L'Aquila, central Italy, on July 8, 2009. Group of Eight leaders kick off talks today on issues... View Photo »
From left: Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, Danish Premier Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte prepare to pose at the Meseberg castle, near Berlin, Germany on Monday Feb. 13, 2012 before... View Photo »
Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt shares a laugh with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Meseberg castle, near Berlin, Germany, on Monday Feb. 13, 2012 prior to an informal meeting on the European financial crisis with leaders from Denmark,... View Photo »
(LtoR) Danish Premier Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt shares a laugh with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Meseberg castle, near Berlin, on February 13, 2012 before an informal meeting on the eurozone crisis. View Photo »
(LtoR) Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, Danish Premier Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte pose at the Meseberg castle, near Berlin, on February 13, 2012 before an informal meeting on... View Photo »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and German Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schaeuble (R) are to leave after a press conference on the work of expert group 'New Architecture for the Financial Market' at the Chancellery in Berlin on February 13, 2012. ... View Photo »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares for a session with her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's leadership on February 13, 2012 in Berlin. Members of the party board discussed actual topics. View Photo »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel rings a bell prior to a session with her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's leadership on February 13, 2012 in Berlin. Members of the party board discussed actual topics. View Photo »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) talk with Greek Prime Minister George A. Papandreou prior to a working session of the EU summit on February 4, 2011 at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. European... View Photo »
A poster depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde hangs in front of the Greek parliament during an anti-austerity demonstration in Athens' Syntagma (Constitution) square February... View Photo »
A demonstrator holds a banner depicting Portugese politicians and German Chancellor Angela Merkel as Adolf Hitler during a protest in Lisbon February 11, 2012. CGTP union protested against austerity measure taken by the Portuguese government. The words... View Photo »
A demonstrator holds a banner caricaturing Portugal's Prime Minister Passos Coelho and his German counterpart Angela Merkel during a protest in Lisbon February 11, 2012. CGTP union protested against austerity measure taken by the Portuguese government. 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
Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski (L) listens to German Chancellor Angela Merkel as they give a joint press conference after their meeting at the chancellery in Berlin on February 14, 2012.
View Photo »Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands at the end of a joint press conference after their meeting at the chancellery in Berlin on February 14, 2012.
View Photo »Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil el Araby (L) shakes hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) as they arrive to give a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin February 14, 2012, after their meeting. Arabi will brief Merkel on 'the Arab League position agreed at a...
View Photo »Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil el Araby (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) adress a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin February 14, 2012, after meeting.
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil al-Arabi, left, arrive for a statement prior to a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil al-Arabi, left, address the media prior to a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, shake hands with the Secretary General of the Arab League, Nabil al-Arabi, left, prior to a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama (L), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) speak during the Group of Eight (G8) summit in L'Aquila, central Italy, on July 8, 2009. Group of Eight leaders kick off talks today on issues ranging from the global financial...
View Photo »(LtoR) Danish Premier Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt shares a laugh with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Meseberg castle, near Berlin, on February 13, 2012 before an informal meeting on the eurozone crisis.
View Photo »(LtoR) Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, Danish Premier Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte pose at the Meseberg castle, near Berlin, on February 13, 2012 before an informal meeting on the eurozone crisis.
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and German Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schaeuble (R) are to leave after a press conference on the work of expert group 'New Architecture for the Financial Market' at the Chancellery in Berlin on February 13, 2012. Top German politicians led by Merkel...
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares for a session with her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's leadership on February 13, 2012 in Berlin. Members of the party board discussed actual topics.
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel rings a bell prior to a session with her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's leadership on February 13, 2012 in Berlin. Members of the party board discussed actual topics.
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) talk with Greek Prime Minister George A. Papandreou prior to a working session of the EU summit on February 4, 2011 at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. European Union foreign policy chief...
View Photo »A woman wears a mask depecting German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a demonstration organized by Spain's 'indignant' protesters at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on February 10, 2012, hours after Spain's right-leaning government unveiled a labour reform. The number of jobless...
View Photo »BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 10: (L-R) German government's Integration coordinator Maria Boehmer, Wolfgang Niersbach General Secretary of the German football association (DFB), German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Theo Zwanziger, president of the German football association (DFB), Ursula Schwarzenbart,...
View Photo »BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 10: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Wolfgang Niersbach General Secretary of the German football association (DFB) attend the DFB and Mercedes Benz Integration Prize Award-Giving Ceremony at the Intercontinental Hotel on February 10, 2012 in Berlin, Germany...
View Photo »BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 10: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and Theo Zwanziger, president of the German football association (DFB) shake hands during the DFB and Mercedes Benz Integration Prize Award-Giving Ceremony at the Intercontinental Hotel on February 10, 2012 in Berlin,...
View Photo »BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 10: German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and Wolfgang Niersbach General Secretary of the German football association (DFB) shake hands prior to the DFB and Mercedes Benz Integration Prize Award-Giving Ceremony at the Intercontinental Hotel on February 10, 2012...
View Photo »BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 10: Wolfgang Niersbach (L), German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2.L) and Oliver Bierhoff (C), team manager of the German football national team) congratulate category 'team' first prize winner VfL Fontana Finthen during the DFB and Mercedes Benz Integration Prize...
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts at the beginning of a meeting of the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Union faction of the German federal parliament on the situation regarding Greece, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
View Photo »German Economy Minister and vice-Chancellor Philipp Roesler (2nd from L) speaks to Kazakhstan's Economy and Technology Minister Asset Issekeshev (L) as German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev (2nd from R) watch during a signing ceremony at...
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C), Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev (L) and German Economy Minister and vice-Chancellor Philipp Roesler pose for photographers after a signing ceremony at the chancellery in Berlin on February 8, 2012. Germany and Kazakhstan signed agreements...
View Photo »Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev addresses a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin February 8, 2012, after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Germany and Kazakhstan signed agreements worth three billion euros ($4 billion) to cooperate on raw materials,...
View Photo »German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R), Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev (C) and German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler attend a signing ceremony after talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, February 8, 2012.
View Photo »Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski (L) listens to German Chancellor Angela Merkel as they give a joint press conference after their meeting at the chancellery in Berlin on February 14, 2012.
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.
Some people said Angela Merkel was boring and provincial, but they under-estimated her ... German voters aren't stupid - they don't want a Britney Spears as the chancellor of Germany, they want a serious leader whom they can trust. Merkel knows what she's doing.
German leader Angela Merkel, shown canoodling with french President Sarkozy. I believe that was a canoodle.
At this point, Chancellor Angela Merkel has more influence over President Obama’s re-election chances than Obama himself does
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
The revelation confirms that Angela Merkel really is pulling the strings. Having it discussed by a German budget committee undermines the Irish parliament.
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
