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- Reunification legacy erodes appetite for EU
- Unlike last November's US presidential election, or last month's parliamentary elections in Japan, next Sunday's German contest will not transform the nation's political landscape. Angela Merkel seems certain to win a second term as chancellor. The main doubt is whether her centre-right Christian Democrats will extend their "grand coalition"...
- External links 2009-09-22
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- Angela Merkel's very private husband has Germans guessing
- BERLIN AFP — Angela Merkel calls him a "great guy" and the Germans are inevitably calling him "Mr Merkel", but the new chancellor's scientist husband Joachim Sauer is a mystery to most and determined to keep it that way. Sauer's refusal to share the spotlight with his wife marks...
- Research articles 2005-11-23
- Angela Merkel, bidding to become Germany's first woman leader
- BERLIN AFP — Angela Merkel, the daughter of a pastor, is aiming to become Germany's first ever woman leader after gradually winning the respect of her conservative Christian Democratic Union CDU party. Merkel appears almost certain to be given the nod to challenge Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder at a general...
- Research articles 2005-05-24
- ANGELA MERKEL CONFIRMED AS NEW GERMAN CHANCELLOR.
- Germany will have its first female Chancellor after it was confirmed that Angela Merkel will take over from Gerhard Schroder in a grand coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD. Following weeks of negotiations between the two largest parties, Mrs Merkel said at a press conference in Berlin...
- Research articles 2005-10-27
- Angela Merkel tops Forbes list of powerful women
- NEW YORK AFP — German Chancellor Angela Merkel was Wednesday named the world's most powerful woman by Forbes Magazine, putting her at the top of the prestigious list for the third year in a row. Merkel soundly beat the likes of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who fell...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- Israel Singer of the World Jewish Congress Meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin
- BERLIN, Jan. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Chairman of the Policy Council of the World Jewish Congress, Israel Singer, has met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin this morning. The main topic of the conversation was how to set up a dialogue with the Muslim world, especially after recent...
- Research articles 2006-01-24
- SPRING SUMMIT : ANGELA MERKEL CENTRE STAGE IN DEBATE ON ENERGY.
- Given the high-profile task of presenting a report on energy to her colleagues at the Brussels European Council on 23 and 24 March, German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed her desire to see a genuine European energy policy in place. She suggested EU leaders have taken "an ...
- Research articles 2006-04-06
- Bush to host Germany's Merkel in May
- WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House early next month, Bush's spokesman said in a statement. "The president will welcome German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House on May 3, 2006," the statement said, noting that,...
- Research articles 2006-04-12
- Breaking News: Opel talks focused on Magna: Merkel
- Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany's talks with GM over the future of its Opel unit are still focused on Berlin preferred bid auto parts maker Magna. Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany's talks with General Motors over the future of its Opel unit are still focused on the Berlin government's preferred...
- News items 2009-08-27
- Merkel put on the defensive over nuclear power
- When German voters go to the polls on Sunday the fate of the country's nuclear power industry will be hanging in the balance.Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, is campaigning to reverse a decision to phase out nuclear energy by 2021 if her favoured centre-right coalition option takes power.Nuclear power...
- External links 2009-09-22
- EGYPT: MUBARAK INVITES MERKEL TO ATTEND WEF.
- President Hosni Mubarak invited Monday February 27 German Chancellor Angela Merkel to take part in the meetings of the World Economic Forum WEF due to be held in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on May ... President Hosni Mubarak invited Monday February 27 German...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Chancellor challenger Merkel calls for new start for Germany
- BERLIN AFP — German opposition leader Angela Merkel hailed Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's call for parliament to be dissolved after a confidence vote, saying the country needed a new government. "We welcome your call," Merkel said in her reply to Schroeder's speech to the Bundestag lower house of parliament. ...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- Merkel vows to reverse 'downward trend' in Germany
- BERLIN AFP — Incoming chancellor Angela Merkel has called for Germans to tighten their belts to help reverse the country's "downward trend". A day after striking an agreement for a power-sharing government which she will lead, Merkel defended her future programme which is built on tax rises and warned...
- Research articles 2005-11-12
- Merkel, facing Iraq hostage crisis, charts course for Germany
- BERLIN AFP — Angela Merkel made her first speech to parliament as German chancellor, facing an urgent test over a kidnapped German woman in Iraq and the long-term challenge of reviving the country's moribund economy. Merkel began the address with a tough message for the captors of aid worker...
- Research articles 2005-11-30
- Merkel strikes personal note in New Year's wishes to Germans
- BERLIN AFP — Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a personal call to Germans to dare to achieve more in the new year, and said her new government would set the best example. "What can be accomplished in a year?" Merkel asked, in traditional New Year's Eve remarks to be broadcast...
- Research articles 2005-12-30
- Fashion dame Westwood says she could sharpen Merkel's image
- BERLIN AFP — Avant-garde British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood would reportedly like to dress conservative German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "If Mrs Merkel wants to wear Westwood, I can promise that I will design clothes for her that will make her look chic, refined and influential," the 65-year-old Westwood said...
- Research articles 2006-01-26
- German police probe security camera spying on Merkel flat
- BERLIN AFP — Federal police are probing the secret filming of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's home by a museum security camera for several years as a major security breach. The mass-market Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported in a front-page story at the weekend that a security camera filming 24...
- Research articles 2006-03-27
- Merkel announces massive investment in German energy research
- BERLIN AFP — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the country's big energy companies had pledged billions of euros of investment in the sector in coming years to help Germany reshape its energy policy. "The business world has promised to invest 30 billion euros in infrastructure and new plants by...
- Research articles 2006-04-03
- Merkel seeks transatlantic economic partnership between EU, US
- FRANKFURT AFP — Germany wants to make a "transatlantic economic partnership" between the European Union and the United States top priority during its six-month presidency of the EU, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said in a newspaper interview. Merkel told the Financial Times that her ambition was to create a single...
- Research articles 2007-01-02
- Merkel to seek Bush backing for Mideast peace, closer trade ties
- BERLIN AFP — German Chancellor Angela Merkel will seek US President George W. Bush's backing this week for a fresh Middle East peace drive and bolstered trans-Atlantic economic ties under her EU presidency. Merkel will fly to Washington Thursday in her first trip abroad since assuming on January 1 the...
- Research articles 2007-01-03
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