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Angela Merkel stories: 88 news summaries

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 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

(Newser) - Skipping the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall is a bad choice by President Obama, Rick Richman writes, for several reasons:
  • It’s a snub of a personal invitation from German Chancellor Angela Merkel—a key ally and one going all out for the festivities.
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Angela Merkel • Germany • US foreign policy • Cold War • Berlin Wall • President Obama

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

 Merkel Heads for 2nd Term, 
 With Messy Coalition  

German vote could free or hamstring chancellor for 4 more years

Sep 25, 09 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Germany votes in a federal election in less than 48 hours, but Angela Merkel has better things to do than campaign; she's in Pittsburgh with the rest of the G20. Merkel is assured of a second term, but in Germany's complex system of coalition politics, the bigger question is which... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • CDU • SPD • German election • Social Democratic Party

 GM to Sell Opel 
 to Canada's Magna 

Detroit firm also recommends Vauxhall go to Magna

Sep 10, 09 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - After painfully drawn-out negotiations, General Motors’ board has agreed to sell its Opel unit to Canadian firm Magna International, maintaining a tie that will keep Opel a "a fully integrated part of GM's global product development organization," the company said. The German government, which earlier this year loaned... More »

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Angela Merkel • Magna International Inc. • Germany • Canada • bankruptcy • General Motors • Detroit • acquisition • Big Three • Opel • Vauxhall

 Iran Reopens 
 Nuke Negotiations 

Tehran will present 'updated' package to US, others in Germany today

Sep 2, 09 5:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran will present an "updated nuclear package" at talks with five UN Security Council nations and Germany today, according to state-run Iranian television. The Islamic Republic's chief nuclear negotiator promised to "cooperate in order to alleviate mutual preoccupations"—days after Angela Merkel threatened stiffer sanctions if Iran... More »

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Iran • Angela Merkel • nuclear weapons • nuclear program • Saeed Jalili • weapons of mass destruction • UN Security Council

(Newser) - With the slogan "Yes weekend" and promises to subsidize tanning beds and cosmetic surgery, candidate Horst Schlaemmer has stormed the otherwise drab German election campaign scene. Unlike rivals Angela Merkel and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, aspiring chancellor Schlaemmer doesn't exist—he's a character created by a comedian—but that didn't stop... More »

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Angela Merkel • Frank-Walter Steinmeier • German election • Horst Schlaemmer

glossies

 World's Most Powerful Women 


Aug 19, 09 9:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - German leader Angela Merkel keeps her spot as the world's most powerful woman for the fourth straight year on the annual Forbes list. Other notables in the top 100: Michelle Obama debuts at 40, just ahead of Oprah (41) and Queen Elizabeth (42). Hillary Clinton is 36, down from 28... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Hillary Clinton • Angela Merkel • Queen Elizabeth • Michelle Obama • women • Oprah Winfrey • Sheila Bair • Sonia Sotomayor

Hungary Fetes 1989 'Picnic' That Led to Fall of Berlin Wall

Provided escape from Communism for East Germans

Aug 19, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hungary is celebrating the 20th anniversary today of its “Pan-European Picnic”: the day it opened its border with Austria, providing a pathway for hundreds of East Germans to exit Europe’s communist east. “The Soviet bloc was like an air balloon with over-pressure so it needed only a... More »

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communism • Angela Merkel • Eastern Europe • Hungary • Western Europe • East Germany • Berlin Wall

(Newser) - Europeans may have longer lives and longer vacations, but red-blooded Americans don't want their socialist ways on this side of the ocean, right wing media mouths are eager to remind everyone, MIchael Freedman writes in Newsweek. Underlying much of the opposition to health care reform is the fear that it's... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Angela Merkel • Spain • Germany • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Rush Limbaugh • Italy • England • health care reform

 Wax Obama Tours Eiffel Tower 


Jun 29, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(AP) - Complete with new gray hairs and two bodyguards, a wax version of President Barack Obama took a trip to the Eiffel Tower today. The hot summer sun threatened to melt the fake president's face, prompting helpers to shade him with an umbrella. The statue then traveled to Paris' Musée... More »

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Barack Obama • Angela Merkel • tourism • France • Vladimir Putin • Paris • Eiffel Tower • President Obama • wax museum

 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

OPINION

 Obama Keeps 
 Snubbing Sarko 

European leaders feel burned after visit by popular president

Jun 7, 09 1:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s dizzying, 2-day jaunt through Europe left two people smarting in his dust: Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel. France’s president and Germany’s chancellor learned that Obama, not one to pal around with European leaders, keeps his distance. “Obama is not out to play buddy-buddy with... More »

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Barack Obama • Angela Merkel • Germany • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Britain

(Newser) - President Obama blasted Holocaust deniers today on a tour of a Nazi concentration camp, Reuters reports. At Buchenwald, Germany, the president called Holocaust denial “baseless, ignorant and hateful.” Obama did not mention Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by name, but after Iran's president called the Holocaust a "great deception" ... More »

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Angela Merkel • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Germany • Holocaust • President Obama • Elie Wiesel • denial • Buchenwald

 Obama Visits Buchenwald 

Great-uncle helped free Buchenwald

Jun 5, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama toured the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald today, the BBC reports. “These sites have not lost their horror with the passage of time,” said Obama, accompanied on his visit by German chancellor Angela Merkel and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. Obama noted that his great-uncle, part of the... More »

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Angela Merkel • Holocaust • concentration camp • Nazi • President Obama • Elie Wiesel • Buchenwald

(Newser) - Angela Merkel got behind Barack Obama’s Middle East peace push today, calling his Cairo speech the “ideal basis” for renewed efforts. Obama called for “difficult compromises,” adding, “The United States cannot force peace upon the parties.” The two leaders met and spoke at a... More »

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Barack Obama • Middle East • Angela Merkel • Germany • Guantanamo Bay • Israel and Palestinians • East Germany • Dresden

27 Nations Vote in Massive EU Election

Across continent,
angry voters set to punish ruling parties

Jun 4, 09 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Citizens of 27 nations begin voting today for elections to the European Parliament, and across the continent voters are expected to punish ruling parties and encourage the opposition, including the extreme right. From Ireland to France to Hungary, governments are braced for a protest vote spurred by the economic meltdown,... More »

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Angela Merkel • European Union • Europe • Gordon Brown • Brussels • Geert Wilders • parliamentary elections • election • European Parliament

 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

GM's Opel, Vauxhall Get a Shot at Survival

Canadian firm wants to buy brands, but deal needs German help

May 29, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Canadian auto supplier Magna wants to buy GM’s European brands, offering Opel and Vauxhall a chance at survival, the Wall Street Journal reports. A deal for Opel would need temporary German funding. Angela Merkel’s government is debating putting up some $2 billion—but wants GM and the US... More »

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Angela Merkel • Magna International Inc. • Germany • General Motors • Treasury Department • auto industry • Opel • Vauxhall

Fiat Pulls Out of German Talks to
Buy GM Arm

Prospective Opel buyer balks at new request for bridge funding

May 29, 09 5:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fiat is boycotting talks in Germany today to acquire Opel, the European arm of General Motors, blasting GM for withholding financial information necessary for due diligence and balking at a new request for emergency funding. Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has taken part in days of negotiations with GM and German... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • General Motors • auto industry • Fiat • Opel • Sergio Marchionne

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