Angela Merkel
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GM repays EUR1.5 billion German bridging loan...European marque, afloat. Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, announced today that the money - which she demanded back once GM's proposed deal with Magna and Sberbank fell through - had been received. She said "the taxypayer has not... In this article: General Motors, Opel, Vauxhall, Magna, Angela Merkel, Sberbank, Brussels, and Germany |
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | November 10, 2009
Merkel presses GM for Opel plan
Merkel presses GM for Opel plan BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing General Motors Co. to come up with a "reliable concept" for the future of its subsidiary Opel. GM last week called off the planned sale of Germany-based...
In this article: GM, Opel, Sberbank, Magna, The Miami Herald, Germany, and Berlin
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San Diego Union-Tribune | November 10, 2009
Merkel presses GM for Opel concept
Merkel presses GM for Opel concept Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 6:15 a.m. BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed General Motors Co. on Tuesday to present a "reliable concept" for the future of its European unit Opel, adding that GM...
In this article: GM, Opel, Magna International Inc., Sberbank, Germany, Berlin, and Seton Hall University
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Detroit News | November 11, 2009
Germany's Merkel cool on aid to GM for Opel
...by the German government. Merkel's government had provided GM with $2 billion in bridge loans, which GM is ready to repay, and had offered more than $6 billion in loan guarantees to help finance the Magna-led deal. GM estimates the cost to...
In this article: GM, Opel, Magna International Inc., Germany, and Detroit City Council
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washingtonpost.com | 1 day ago
GM pays back Germany, signals fewer job cuts
...last of a 1.5 billion euro bridge loan it had made available to Opel. "I can tell you that the last funds for Opel have been paid back by General Motors," Merkel said. "I expect at least a thank you letter from General Motors in a few...
In this article: General Motors, Opel, Magna International, Germany, Bankruptcy, Bochum, and Flanders
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 14, 2009
Opel turnaround 'would cost GM twice as much'
The weekly Der Spiegel predicted Saturday that despite some argument within the new centre-right coalition government, Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaueble were prepared in principle to assist GM. However...
In this article: Opel, General Motors, EU, Carl-Peter Forster, Magna International, Berlin, Der Spiegel, and Chevrolet
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Angela Dorothea Merkel (; born Angela Dorothea Kasner, 17 July 1954, in Hamburg, West Germany) is the current Chancellor of Germany. Merkel, elected to the German Parliament from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, has been the chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 10 April 2000, and Chairwoman of the CDU-CSU parliamentary party group from 2002 to 2005. She leads a Grand coalition with the Christian Social Union (CSU), its Bavarian sister party, and the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), formed after the 2005 federal election on 22 November 2005.
In 2007, Merkel was also President of the European Council and chair of the G8. She played a central role in the negotiation of the Treaty of Lisbon and the Berlin Declaration. In domestic policy, health care reform and problems concerning future energy development have thus far been the major issues of her tenure.
Merkel is the first female Chancellor of Germany. From 2006 to 2009, Forbes Magazine has named her the most powerful woman in the world., In 2007 she became the second woman to chair the G8, after Margaret Thatcher.
Chancellor Merkel is a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, an International network of current and former women presidents and prime ministers whose mission is to mobilize the highest-level women leaders globally for collective action on issues of critical importance to women and equitable development.
In 2008 Merkel received the Charlemagne Prize "for her work to reform the European Union". The prize was presented by Nicolas Sarkozy.
- Birth Date:
- July 17, 1954
- Birthplace:
- Hamburg, Germany
- Religion:
- Lutheranism
- Spouse:
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- Joachim Sauer
- Ulrich Merkel
- University Attended:
- University of Leipzig
- Occupation:
- Physical chemist
- Political party:
- Christian Democratic Union
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