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NEWS ABOUT: Chancellor of Germany

Chancellor of Germany stories: 10 news summaries

 Merkel Addresses Congress, 
 Wants Climate Pact 

German chancellor speaks to joint session

Nov 3, 09 2:39 PM CST
(AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress to "tear down the walls of today" and reach a deal to combat global warming. Merkel, frequently interrupted by robust applause, also reiterated her country's... More »

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climate change • Congress • Angela Merkel • Germany • global warming • Chancellor of Germany • joint session

GERMAN VOTE


 Merkel Wins 
 Re-Election, 
 New Coalition 

Germany's chancellor will form new bloc with center-right

Sep 27, 09 12:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angela Merkel was headed to re-election today, and German voters were sending her along with enough votes to cobble together a center-right coalition and ditch the Social Democrats she has been allied with since 2005. Exit polls on German television showed Merkel's conservative bloc with 33.4% of the vote,... More »

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Angela Merkel • Chancellor of Germany • German election • Social Democratic Party

 A Frosty Merkel Arrives in DC 

Economy, Afghanistan cloud chancellor's talks with Obama

Jun 25, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Angela Merkel arrives in Washington today for a two-day visit, where the German chancellor will hold talks with President Obama before a rare joint press conference in the Rose Garden. Yet despite the smiles, the two leaders have a strained if not frosty relationship, with both sides carping about economic... More »

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Barack Obama • NATO • diplomacy • Angela Merkel • Germany • Rose Garden • monetary policy • Chancellor of Germany • Stanley McChrystal

 Merkel Rips the Fed 
 for Deepening Crisis 

German chancellor says central banks have made economy worse

Jun 3, 09 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - World leaders rarely criticize central banks in public, but yesterday Angela Merkel laid into the Fed, the European Central Bank, and other institutions for deepening the global economic crisis. In a tough speech, the German chancellor claimed that the banks were too powerful, had acted too aggressively, and, in the... More »

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Angela Merkel • Federal Reserve • global economy • central bank • European Central Bank • monetary policy • Chancellor of Germany • financial crisis

Merkel Emerges as Obama's
Main Rival

German chancellor emphasizes friendship, but opposes stimulus

Mar 30, 09 7:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Angela Merkel stresses that she is a friend of the United States and wants Washington to play "a strong role in the world"—but ahead of the G20 summit this week, the German chancellor has emerged as the strongest and most unwavering opponent of Barack Obama's call for... More »

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Barack Obama • Angela Merkel • Germany • economic stimulus package • G20 • Chancellor of Germany • global stimulus

Germany Moves to Rein In Future Borrowing

Constitution will be changed to ban excess borrowing: Merkel

Jan 13, 09 4:17 PM CST
(Newser) - As Berlin rolls out a record $65 billion stimulus package, it's also making excessive government borrowing a constitutional crime. The new amendment—which will limit the national deficit to .5% of GDP "in normal economic times"—is a sign of the government's discomfort with its new stimulus, which... More »

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Germany • budget deficit • bailout • credit market chaos • Chancellor of Germany • financial crisis • fiscal policy

German Opposition Leader Quits

Party had tapped rival foreign minister to challenge Merkel

Sep 8, 08 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The leader of Germany's Social Democrats has resigned after the party leaked that it had chosen another leader to face Angela Merkel in next year's general election, reports Der Spiegel. The party's candidate will be Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the current foreign minister in Merkel's grand coalition government. Kurt Beck, who has... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • SPD • Frank-Walter Steinmeier • Chancellor of Germany • Kurt Beck

Analysis

 Germany Is Crux of Russia Talks

Merkel could be valuable go-between

Aug 25, 08 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fretful Eastern Europe is hoping Germany can play a key diplomatic role in its stare-down with Russia, the New York Times reports. Until recently, relations between Moscow and Berlin were too cozy for the Caucasus’ tastes, but East German-born Angela Merkel has distanced herself from Russia just enough... More »

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Russia • Angela Merkel • Germany • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • East Germany • Dmitry Medvedev • Gerhard Schröder • Chancellor of Germany

Germany Pledges Billions for Rainforest Protection

Funds tripled by 2012, add $785M a year after

May 28, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Germany will spend billions of euros protecting tropical rainforests in an effort to halt global warming. Chancellor Angela Merkel said today at the United Nations' biodiversity conference that Germany will increase its funding for the conservation of rainforests from $330 million to $1.1 billion in the next three years... More »

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environment • United Nations • Angela Merkel • Germany • global warming • carbon offsets • rainforest • Chancellor of Germany • tropical forests • biodiversity conference

Helmut Kohl, 78, Marries Girlfriend in Hospital

Health fears mount
for architect of
German reunification

May 14, 08 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Helmut Kohl, the chancellor first of West Germany and then of a reunified Federal Republic, has married at the age of 78. But the wedding, to an economist 30 years his junior, took place in a hospital amid fears that he is in deteriorating health. As the Independent reports, Kohl's... More »

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Germany • marriage • wedding • West Germany • reunification • CDU • Helmut Kohl • Chancellor of Germany

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