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Angela Merkel stories: 92 news summaries

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 West to Put Screws to Russia

New fury at Russia's formal recognition of breakaway states

Aug 27, 08 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The West is preparing to crank up diplomatic pressure on Russia after its challenging move formally recognizing breakaway Ossetia and Abkhazia in the wake of its invasion of Georgia. The US, Europe and NATO have condemned the action, but Russia remains defiant. "We are not afraid of anything, including... More »

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Russia • NATO • Angela Merkel • European Union • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • United States • David Miliband • Kremlin • Viktor Yushchenko • Yulia Tymoshenko • Mikheil Saakashvili • Dmitry Medvedev • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

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

 Rice Arrives in Georgia

American, European diplomats push to get Russian troops out

Aug 15, 08 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice arrived in Tbilisi today, where she said her immediate goal was to get Russian troops out of Georgia. The secretary of state stopped over in France to meet with Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president who brokered a ceasefire that Moscow has flouted. Rice's trip follows an American airlift... More »

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Russia • diplomacy • Angela Merkel • Nicolas Sarkozy • Condoleezza Rice • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • South Ossetia

 Obama in Berlin
 Ahead of Speech 

Candidate meets Angela Merkel before public address

Jul 24, 08 5:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama arrived in Berlin this morning, where he met Angela Merkel at the German chancellery ahead of a major speech this evening. The Europe leg of the candidate's tour followed an early-morning stop at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Obama will speak to the chancellor and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, her... More »

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Barack Obama • Angela Merkel • Germany • Berlin • Election 2008 • Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Germany Bickers Over Obama Speech at Landmark

Dem wants backdrop
of Brandenburg Gate

Jul 9, 08 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama will be in Berlin in 2 weeks, and his campaign wants to stage a major speech at the Brandenburg Gate, the most famous symbol of German reunification. Berlin's mayor is keen on the idea, reports Der Spiegel, saying yesterday that he'd love Obama to address the public there.... More »

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Barack Obama • Angela Merkel • Germany • Berlin • Brandenburg Gate • Klaus Wowereit

GLOSSIES

 Fashion, Politics Unlikely Mix 

Carla Bruni's outfits something of an obsession, though there's a flip side

Jul 8, 08 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, Hollywood—these days, fashion designers are dying to get their wares on a new kind of celebrity: politicians. The last time Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy visited London, Dior issued no fewer than five press releases on their outfits, and Louis Vuitton has even hired Mikhail Gorbachev as... More »

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Hillary Clinton • fashion • Louis Vuitton • Angela Merkel • Nicolas Sarkozy • Mikhail Gorbachev • Christian Dior • female politicians • Carla Bruni • fashion designer • fashion industry

 Oh Napoleon: 
 Tiny Leaders Rule G8 

Five don't pass the 5'6'' mark

Jul 6, 08 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - The leaders at this week's G8 summit are all political big shots, but they're pretty diminutive face-to-face—five don't even make it past 5'6''. Russia's Dmitry Medvedev brings up the short end of the stick at 5'2'', and Canada's Stephen Harper is the only one to pass the 6' mark.... More »

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Angela Merkel • Nicolas Sarkozy • Group of Eight • height • Stephen Harper • Silvio Berlusconi • Dmitry Medvedev • Napolean Bonaparte • George W. Bush • Kim Yong Il • Josef Stalin

 Bush Will Attend
 Beijing Opener

President dashes rights groups' hopes of an Olympic opening boycott

Jul 4, 08 3:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House has confirmed that President Bush will attend the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics—and he's likely to have plenty of seats to choose from in the VIP box, reports the New York Times. Brit Prime Minister Gordon Brown and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not be... More »

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China • Angela Merkel • Nicolas Sarkozy • 2008 Beijing Olympics • George W. Bush • Olympic boycotts

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

Opinion

West's Right Wingers Are Banking Left

Conservatives taking a more moderate tack in face of unfriendly world

May 20, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s a distinct leftward tilt rippling across the western world, Gabor Steingart observes in Der Spiegel. From John McCain to England’s David Cameron to Germany’s Angela Merkel, conservative leaders are softening up and drifting toward the middle. To see why, one needs only look at three of... More »

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John McCain • Angela Merkel • conservative • David Cameron • right wingers • liberal • conservatism

 Chavez Ties Merkel to Hitler 

Venezuelan fires back after German chancellor advises neighbors to keep distance

May 12, 08 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugo Chavez fired back at Angela Merkel after the German leader suggested Latin American countries should be wary of ties to Venezuela. "She is from the German right," he said yesterday, "the same that supported Hitler, that supported fascism, that's the Chancellor of Germany." More »

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Latin America • Venezuela • Angela Merkel • Germany • Adolf Hitler • Hugo Chávez

 Slow Down!
 Autobahn Hits a Limit 

Germany rolls out first 75mph speed limit

Apr 10, 08 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The German autobahn is one of the world's last stretches of open road where a driver can learn how it feels to coax a Porsche to 200 mph and beyond—legally. But those days are numbered. the German state of Bremen has imposed a 75 mph speed limit and others... More »

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environment • Angela Merkel • Germany • Berlin • highway safety • European Commission • autobahn • speed limit • fuel consumption • Bundesrat

Merkel Will
Skip Olympics

German chancellor says she's not protesting, but Czech and Polish leaders are

Mar 29, 08 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other top German officials won't be going to the Beijing Olympics, the Guardian reports, joining Polish and Czech leaders who have pledged to stay away. But while Polish PM Donald Tusk and Czech President Vaclav Klaus said they'll be boycotting the opening ceremony to protest... More »

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China • Angela Merkel • Germany • European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • Gordon Brown • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Bernard Kouchner • boycott • Donald Tusk • Vaclav Klaus

German Press Criticizes Merkel's Palestinian Snub

Papers praise leader's Holocaust treatment, but level accusations of bias

Mar 19, 08 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The German press is praising Chancellor Angela Merkel’s historic visit to Israel and her diplomatic handling of the two countries' shared history, Der Spiegel reports. But Merkel has also been chastised by commentators who feel her focus on German-Israeli unity in remarks yesterday to Israel's parliament gives the impression... More »

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Iran • Israel • Angela Merkel • Germany • Ehud Olmert • Mahmoud Abbas • Israel and Palestinians • George W. Bush

Merkel Addresses Knesset

German chancellor speaks to lawmakers of Holocaust 'shame'

Mar 18, 08 4:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angela Merkel addressed the Knesset today, speaking to Israel's parliament about Germany's shame over the Holocaust. "I bow to the victims. I bow to all those who helped the survivors," said the chancellor. Five MPs boycotted to protest the speaking of German in the legislative chamber, but Merkel... More »

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Iran • Israel • Angela Merkel • Germany • Holocaust • Knesset

Merkel Holds Cabinet Meeting in Jerusalem

German celebrates Israeli statehood
with 3-day trip

Mar 17, 08 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Angela Merkel holds her weekly cabinet meeting today, it will meet not in Berlin but in Jerusalem—a special gesture to mark the 60th anniversary of Israeli statehood. Only a few decades ago Israelis marched in protest when the country welcomed its first German ambassador, but now the chancellor... More »

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Israel • Angela Merkel • Germany • Ehud Olmert • Holocaust • Knesset • World War II • Third Reich • Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Merkel Crushes Sarkozy's Plans for 'Club Med'

German opposition forces reversal on Mediterranean Union

Mar 14, 08 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy has been forced to abandon his proposal for what detractors have called a French-led Club Med—a Mediterranean Union of southern European, Middle Eastern, and North African states—under fierce opposition from Germany. Angela Merkel has been a consistent opponent of the scheme, and she threatened a boycott... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Mediterranean Union • Andrea Merkel

Paris-Berlin Relations Turn Sour

Tempers fraying in Merkel's camp after 2 high-level cancellations

Feb 27, 08 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Only a week after Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel called off a scheduled meeting, France and Germany's finance ministers canceled their own summit yesterday, reports AFP. While nobody wants to say that the leaders of Europe's two largest countries are getting testy with each other, disagreements over economic policy and... More »

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diplomacy • Angela Merkel • Germany • European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • Jacques Chirac • France • foreign policy • Mediterranean Union • Gerhard Schröder

Foes Mobilize to Block Blair as First Euro Prez

Iron support for US still rankles

Feb 20, 08 3:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Stiff opposition is mounting against the possibility of former British prime minister Tony Blair being named the first president of Europe. A "Stop Blair" website has been launched, and a cross-party caucus in the European parliament is forming to campaign against him. A new treaty about to be ratified... More »

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Tony Blair • Angela Merkel • Spain • Germany • European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Italy • Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero • Silvio Berlusconi • Treaty of Lisbon • President of the European Council • Benelux • Jean-Claude Juncker

Blair Eyes Role as
Europe's First President

Ex-British PM wants post to have strong say on defense, trade

Feb 2, 08 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Tony Blair is angling to become Europe’s first president, the Guardian reports, but the former British PM wants to be assured the EU’s new top job will come with real authority on defense and trade. Blair, currently the Mideast envoy for the US, EU, UN, and Russia,... More »

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Tony Blair • Angela Merkel • European Union • Nicolas Sarkozy • Gordon Brown • European council president • defense • trade affairs

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