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NEWS ABOUT: Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel stories: 92 news summaries

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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

analysis

Blair's Path
to EU Helm
Grows Clearer

If Irish approve Lisbon treaty, ex-PM in line for newly created position

May 22, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Ireland votes yes on the Lisbon treaty, officially creating the role of EU president, Tony Blair is looking more and more like the man for the job. Not that the former UK prime minister has publicly expressed any interest—he's remained tactfully silent—but he has pockets of support... More »

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Tony Blair • Angela Merkel • European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • Gordon Brown • Ireland • Silvio Berlusconi • Lisbon Treaty • EU president

Merkel in Her Undies Drives Berliners Wild

Berliners fascinated by provocative billboard

May 1, 09 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A striking new ad featuring a drawing of Angela Merkel wearing only underwear has attracted the fascination of Berlin residents, the Local reports. Placed prominently in a busy shopping district, the billboard depicts Merkel with other figures from German politics—also in their skivvies—looking on. "The chancellor's office... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • Berlin • underwear • billboards • ad campaign

 G20 Leaders Close to Deal 

French, German demands for regulation are final sticking point

Apr 2, 09 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - G20 leaders have nearly completed an agreement to confront the global financial crisis, reports the Times of London. Gordon Brown opened the summit by saying that the draft communique already prepared reflected "a high degree of consensus between us." The British PM said that the leaders needed to... More »

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Angela Merkel • Nicolas Sarkozy • International Monetary Fund • Gordon Brown • IMF • G20 • financial crisis • global stimulus

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

Obama: G20 Will Prepare World for Recovery

Upbeat prez dismisses rift with Europe over need for stimulus

Mar 30, 09 6:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama voiced optimism for a global deal at this week's G20 summit in London and downplayed talk of a split between the US and Europe, in his first interview with a foreign publication, the Financial Times. Saying that "we need stimulus and we need regulation," the... More »

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Barack Obama • Angela Merkel • recession • regulation • economic stimulus package • G20 • global stimulus

ANALYSIS

Safety Nets
Help Europe
Resist Stimulus

Protections for workers put in place long ago
may lessen the need

Mar 27, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ahead of next week's G20 summit, the US and Europe are engaged in a major dispute over the best way to end the global recession: Washington wants more stimulus, while Germany and other EU nations say they've done enough. One overlooked factor in the debate, writes Nicholas Kulish in... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • Europe • recession • economic stimulus package • G20

Leaders Warn
of Economic
'Iron Curtain'

Eastern Europe melts down, but Western leaders refuse bailout

Mar 2, 09 7:25 AM CST
(Newser) - EU leaders meeting in Brussels yesterday rejected a Hungarian-led effort to bail out the faltering economies of Eastern Europe, leading to apocalyptic warnings of an economic "Iron Curtain," with millions of unemployed workers heading west. Countries from the Baltic states to Poland and Romania have seen their once-booming... More »

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Angela Merkel • Eastern Europe • European Union • recession • Hungary • bailout • Mirek Topolanek • Ferenc Gyurcsany

Pope's Bro to Merkel: Chill Out

Ratzinger says German leader's call for pontiff to clarify Holocaust stance is 'irrational'

Feb 4, 09 1:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The pope’s brother today criticized Angela Merkel for demanding that Benedict XVI restate his views on the Holocaust amid the controversy over a reinstated priest, the Times of London reports. “I always saw her as a rational woman,” Georg Ratzinger—himself a Catholic priest—said of the... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Angela Merkel • Holocaust • Vatican • racism • Nazi • Holy See • bishop • Richard Williamson • Georg Ratzinger

(Newser) - The Vatican has demanded that Bishop Richard Williamson, a Holocaust denier who was recently un-excommunicated, recant his views in order to serve in the Catholic Church, the BBC reports. Williamson was excommunicated 20 years ago for a separate transgression. The Church said the pope was unaware of his contrarian stance... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Angela Merkel • Germany • Holocaust • Vatican • excommunication • Roman Catholicism • Richard Williamson

Merkel's Party Wins Big in German Election

Left decimated as chancellor gets a boost ahead of national vote

Jan 19, 09 6:01 AM CST
(Newser) - The right-wing party of Angela Merkel came out on top in a closely watched German state election last night, giving the chancellor a major boost ahead of a federal election later this year. In Hesse, home to the financial powerhouse Frankfurt, right-wing premier Roland Koch won a new mandate, while... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • Hesse • Roland Koch • CDU • SPD • German election

French-German Relations Cool Ahead of EU Summit

France, Germany, UK clash over handling recession

Dec 11, 08 3:41 PM CST
(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy began his six-month European Union presidency by quibbling with Germany, and he appears to be ending his term the same way, Bloomberg reports. Half a year after clashing with German Chancellor Angela Merkel over a Mediterranean alliance, Sarkozy shrugged off the traditional France-Germany pre-summit chat and... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • European Union • United Kingdom • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Gordon Brown • budget deficit • sales tax • financial crisis

OPINION

Crisis Separates the Champs From the Boobs

Brown and Sarkozy shine while Bush stalls, says columnist

Oct 14, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The financial crisis hasn't just transformed the business world, writes Financial Times columnist Gideon Rachman; it's transformed world politics as well. Who are the winners and losers of the market upheaval?
  • Gordon Brown seems more and more the "improbable savior" of the financial system. The British bailout has
... More »

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Barack Obama • Angela Merkel • Nicolas Sarkozy • Gordon Brown • market turmoil • George W. Bush • financial crisis

(Newser) - European leaders emerged from a summit in Paris today and echoed the latest from Washington and London: It's time to buy up the banks, the New York Times reports. None of the 15 nations named an official price, but Germany and France will roll out plans tomorrow to buy equity... More »

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Angela Merkel • Nicolas Sarkozy • Gordon Brown • credit crisis • banks • euro zone

Germany Ups Afghan Force, Debates Talking to Taliban

Negotiation with radicals seems necessary, but Karzai's not the man for the job

Oct 7, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Germany’s government decided today to send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan and to keep its forces there for 14 more months, Der Spiegel reports. But as Angela Merkel’s government recommits to the fight, the German press argues over whether a radical change in strategy—including diplomatic engagement... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Taliban • Angela Merkel • Germany • Hamid Karzai • coalition forces

Euros Eat Their Words as Own Bailouts Loom

A week after ripping US for crisis, dismissing need for own plan, Brown et al. retool

Sep 30, 08 2:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - European leaders are eating their words a week after criticizing the US for allowing its banks to run dry and engineering a system-wide bailout for financial firms, Bloomberg reports. Governments across Europe, including Germany, the UK, Belgium and France bailed out banks across the continent and pledged support for others... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • economics • Gordon Brown • Britain • bailout • banks

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

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