Angela Merkel

...Wolfgang Schauble is the most important member of Germany's new coalition government. He insists he is loyal to Chancellor Angela Merkel, but he could prove to be a thorn in her side. Wolfgang Schauble is sitting in his seat on a small...

In this article: Wolfgang Schauble, Tax, FDP, CDU, Germany, Horst Seehofer, Guido Westerwelle, and Brussels

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's most striking problem at the start of her new government is not the economy, an unpopular war or the opposition: it's a 66-year-old, 6-foot blonde in her own Christian Democrats, Erika...

In this article: Erika Steinbach, Poland, Germany, CDU, FDP, Richard Williamson, World War Two, and Luftwaffe

...held in Denmark before the main Copenhagen climate talks set for early December The good news: German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she intends to attend the Copenhagen climate talks. The bad news: 21 other world leaders, including US...

In this article: Copenhagen, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Climate change, Barack Obama, United Nations, Kyoto Protocol, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, and Bonn

Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, has the gift of making Germany seem routine, and worthy of little apprehension Angela Merkel's studied ordinariness hides a ruthless and effective politician Photo: AP When the Berlin Wall came down,...

In this article: Guido Westerwelle, Edmund Stoiber, Europe, Germany, Gordon Brown, Social Democrat, Lutheran, and Ideology

Angela Merkel on Wednesday became the first German chancellor to attend Armistice Day commemorations in France, where President Nicolas Sarkozy called for "an ever closer association of French and German policies". Published: 1:00AM GMT...

In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, France, Germany, First World War, European Union, Taliban, United States, and Arc de Triomphe

...Day France and Germany pledged themselves to renewed partnership at the core of the European Union yesterday as Chancellor Angela Merkel became the first German leader to mark Armistice Day with the French. President Sarkozy stood...

In this article: Armistice Day, European Union, Berlin, Germany, Gordon Brown, Helmut Kohl, Arc de Triomphe, and France

...more closely together as partners in Europe. To the sound of the national anthems of the two former enemies, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy laid down a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the...

In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Armistice Day, European Union, World War One, World War Two, Europe, Francois Mitterrand, Helmut Kohl, and Paris

BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Tuesday for the U.S., China and India to make substantive pledges of action against global warming in order to prevent the failure of next month's climate summit in Copenhagen. "A...

In this article: Climate change, Kyoto Protocol, Global warming, European Union, Copenhagen, India, China, Germany, and Recession

...agreement, and failure would set back by years efforts to fight global warming, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday. Merkel said the European Union has put forward a clear position on fighting climate change, and "we now...

In this article: Copenhagen, Climate change, Kyoto Protocol, Global warming, European Union, Unemployment, and Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said General Motors [GM.UL] should present a restructuring plan for its Opel unit quickly, adding the U.S. automaker would have to shoulder most of the cost. "We expect GM to present a reliable plan for...

In this article: Opel, General Motors, Bankruptcy, Bundestag, Sberbank, and Magna