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Angela Merkel

Angela Dorothea Merkel, is the current Chancellor of Germany. Merkel, elected to the Bundestag (German Parliament) from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2000, and Chairman of the CDU-CSU (Christian Social Union) parliamentary coalition from 2002 to 2005.
From 2005 to 2009 she led a grand coalition with the Christian Social Union (CSU), its Bavarian sister party, and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), formed after the 2005 federal election on 22 November 2005. In the elections of 27 September 2009, her party, the CDU, obtained the largest share of the votes, and formed a coalition government with the CSU and the Free Democratic Party (FDP). Her government was sworn in on 28 October 2009.
In 2007, Merkel was also President of the European Council and chaired the ... » Read more on Wikipedia.org

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 Germany's Merkel visits Pope, urges tougher market controls
2013-05-18
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Pope Francis on Saturday and, apparently responding to his criticism of a heartless "dictatorship of the economy", called for stronger regulation of financial markets. On Thursday, Francis ...
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  2. Pope Francis meets with Angela Merkel - VATICAN RADIO
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 Angela Merkel may have been a Communist in the past which is kind of weird ...
2013-05-15
Berlin, Germany – There have been few leaders in the world as prominent, or important, as Angela Merkel in recent years. Merkel has been leading the charge to save the Euro, and the whole zone, possibly the entire continent, from economic collapse and ...
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  1. Merkel offers controlled glimpses of private life
  2. Germany backs campaign to keep UK in EU
  3. Germans told to face hard truths - Brisbane Times
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 Angela Merkel: 'No, I was not an East German propaganda official' - TheJournal.ie
2013-05-13
GERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel has shrugged aside a new book that suggests she may have been closer to East Germany's communist system than previously thought, saying she's never hidden anything. 58-year-old Merkel grew up in the then-East ...
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  1. Merkel says has no secrets about her communist past
  2. Merkel 'open' about her communist past - Sydney Morning Herald
  3. Red Scare: Was Angela Merkel A Devoted Communist In Her Youth?
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 'I've nothing to hide': Angela Merkel shrugs off claims in new book that she ...
2013-05-13
Chancellor Angela Merkel has shrugged aside a book that suggests she may have been closer to East Germany's communist system than previously thought, saying she's never hidden anything. The 58-year-old Merkel grew up in East Germany and entered ...
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  1. Merkel shrugs aside new book on communist-era past
  2. Angela Merkel denies Communism propaganda claims in new book
  3. Merkel 'open' about her communist past - The Age
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 Egypt attends Petersburg Climate Dialogue
2013-05-08
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech at the fourth Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin on May 6, 2013. (AFP Photo). Minister for Environmental Affairs Khaled Fahmy and Egyptian ambassador to Germany Mohamed Hegazy attended the ...
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 Merkel challenger hits brakes on autobahn limits
2013-05-08
Associated Press/Michael Sohn - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, looks at German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler, left, as she arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, …more Wednesday, May 8, 2013.
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 Inaction on global warming 'not an option': Angela Merkel
2013-05-06
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Monday that in the quest for binding international emissions targets to fight global warming, doing nothing is "not an option". "I'm under no illusion that there is a long road ahead," Merkel said about ...
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  1. Merkel Urges Nations to Reach Binding Climate Deal in Two Years
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 Germany's Angela Merkel not to blame for austerity: EU's Jose Manuel Barroso
2013-05-05
With Greece mired in recession, unemployment in some countries running at more than 25 percent, and France being given more time to cut its budget deficit, there is growing pressure on Merkel and other hardliners to focus on growth and job creation ...
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  1. EU Commission's Barroso defends German Angela Merkel on austerity: report
  2. Merkel's Bundestag partners find support for German minimum wage
  3. Merkel partners rally to face election
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 Jose Manuel Barroso says Angela Merkel not to blame for harsh austerity policies
2013-05-04
A rift between the eurozone's two largest economies was exposed last week, when a leaked internal briefing from Mrs Merkel's coalition partners labelled France "Europe's biggest problem child" and referred to President Francois Hollande as "meandering".
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  1. Jose Manuel Barosso defends German Chancellor Angela Merkel on austerity
  2. Barroso defends Merkel on austerity: report
  3. UPDATE 1-Merkel: some action needed on reforming CO2 trading
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