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Angela Merkel

Type: Person

Name: Angela Merkel (Angela Dorothea Merkel)

Title: Federal Chancellor

Organization: Federal Government of Germany

Date of Birth: 17/07/1954

Place of Birth: Hamburg

Nationality: Germany

Fact Sheet: Biography for Angela Merkel

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 12 hours ago - 4 Documents

Gordon Brown

Calls from Merkel told Blair he would not get EU's top job

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/ Tony Blair warned Gordon Brown a week ago that his campaign to become the first president of the European Council was doomed after a decisive intervention by the German chancellor ... [Guardian.co.uk - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Tony Blair, Angela Merkel, European Union, United Kingdom, Gordon Brown

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Environment)

Nicolas Sarkozy

Germany calls for climate deal by 2010

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for all countries to fix binding climate change targets next year at the latest, acknowledging that no such deal is likely at global talks in Copenhagen next month.In a joint press conference with French President ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Climate, Germany, Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy, European Union

First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 Documents

European Union

Why the E.U. chose its president

The E.U. has chosen Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy for the new position of E.U. president. But why didn't the title go to the E.U.'s key decision maker, German Chancellor Angela Merkel? Christopher Werth reports. ... [Sound Money - 19 hours ago]

Entities: European Union, Herman van Rompuy, Angela Merkel

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 6 Documents (in Politics)

Vaira Vike-Freiberga

Divided EU leaders no closer to consensus on names for top jobs

Brussels European Union leaders were expected to gather for a high-tension summit last night, divided over who should be appointed to two of Europe's most important jobs and how the selection process should be carried out.Tony BarberFormer Latvia president ... [Gulf News - 11/20/2009]

Entities: European Union, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Latvia, Herman van Rompuy

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 5 Documents

Tony Blair

European Union: Fading presidential ambitions | Editorial

Who do you call when you want to call Europe? After five years of wrangling designed to deal with the Henry Kissinger question, the EU last night failed to provide a satisfactory answer. The first ever president of the European council is to be the haiku-writing ... [Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]

Entities: European Union, Tony Blair, Angela Merkel, Nicolas Sarkozy

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Germany to extend

Germany has decided to extend the country's increasingly unpopular military engagement in :Afghanistan by one year, but indicated that the country has no intentions to keep their troops in the war-torn nation forever.: The German government's decision, ... [DDI News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, Germany, Airborne Warning and Control System, Bundestag

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

European Central Bank

Berlin guns for top ECB job amid EU wrangling

Conspicuously absent in the debate over two big-hitting EU posts up for grabs on Thursday, heavyweight Germany has aroused suspicions that it wants another job – president of the European Central Bank.Hesse to send juvenile repeat offender to Eastern ... [The Local Germany - 11/19/2009]

Entities: European Union, Berlin, European Central Bank

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

When Oligarchs Squabble -- By: Andrew Stuttaford

The Daily Telegraph reports on the horse-trading for the job of the EU's 'president' (technically he or she will preside over the EU's council):European leaders are heading for a fierce battle on Thursday after Germany and France were accused of plotting ... [National Review - 11/19/2009]

Entities: European Union, Belgium, Guy Verhofstadt, Radoslaw Sikorski, Herman van Rompuy

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

2nd UPDATE: German Econ Min:Credit Crunch Must Be Discouraged

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRESBERLIN -(Dow Jones)- German development banks may have to issue credit directly if commercial institutions remain hesitant to lending, Economics Minister Rainer Bruederle said Thursday.The threat of a credit crisis if banks don't ... [Nasdaq - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Credit Crisis, Angela Merkel, Berlin, Rainer Bruederle

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

EU 'top jobs' race fails to thrill Europeans

The European Union will soon have a president and a foreign minister, comparable in world affairs with the president and the secretary of state in the USA. However, the appointments will take place behind closed doors and all the main candidates have ... [EurActiv.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: European Union, Europeans, Angela Merkel, Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

For Merkel, Wolfgang Schäuble Is Both Ally and Potential Enemy

Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble 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 Schäuble is sitting in his seat on a small ... [Spiegel Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Wolfgang Schauble, Angela Merkel, Taxes, Horst Seehofer, Coalition

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Hail to the Chief, if you can manage to say it

I'll be penned in with the rest of the press corps tonight at the European Council building, waiting for Angela Merkel and the other leaders of the member states to choose the new president of the Council; well, actually just waiting for Merkel to choose. ... [Mail Online - Euroseptic: Mary Ellen Synon in B ... - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Angela Merkel, Massimo D'Alema, Miguel Angel Moratinos, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Olli Rehn

Quotes

...he was convinced the 200 world leaders going to Copenhagen for the summit would be able to thrash out a deal -- possibly with the help of alcohol. "they can't afford to go back home without an agreement" Schellnhuber, an adviser on climate issues to Chancellor Angela Merkel, told a news conference in Berlin, ahead of the December 7-18 talks in the Danish...

Robust deal a must [Reuters - 14 hours ago]

...commitment in Copenhagen to the '2-degree targe' according to which global warming is to be limited to no moremore than 2 degrees Celsius by 2050. "for some time now we have noted with great concern that ambitions of reaching an effective climate protection agreement appear to be dwindling" said Mrs Merkel...

Germans and French back COP15 success [Environmental Data Interactive Exchange - 20 hours ago]

Mrs Merkel said of Mr Van Rompuy: "we got a candidate who brings consensus and whose political competence have long been tested and tried throughout his political career."

Herman Van Rompuy appointed EU President [Business Intelligence Middle East - 23 hours ago]

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Merkel calls for carbon emissions cuts [Computing.co.uk - 20 hours ago]

Blogs

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European Union: Now to make it work [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 12 hours ago] Are Herman van Rompuy and Cathy Ashton the best of all available choices as the European Union council president and the high representative on foreign policy respectively? ...
Dull, imperfect, but let's all cheer Van Rompuy... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009] The dystopic European vision peddled by the Tories, the media et al has been shown to be a malicious fantasyIt is not hard to guess what the Duke of Wellington, ...
European Union: Fading presidential ambitions \|... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009] Who do you call when you want to call Europe? After five years of wrangling designed to deal with the Henry Kissinger question, the EU last night failed to provide ...
The two faces of Angela Merkel [Global News Blog - 11/19/2009] The German chancellor was described by Forbes last month as the world’s most powerful woman, listing her as 15th overall in its ranking of the World’s Most ...
Hail to the Chief, if you can manage to say it [Mail Online - Euroseptic: Mary Ellen Synon in B ... - 11/19/2009] I'll be penned in with the rest of the press corps tonight at the European Council building, waiting for Angela Merkel and the other leaders of the member states ...

Audio/Video

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Merkel makes history in France [News On ABC - YouTube - 11/12/2009]
Paris, London Mark Armistice Day [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/11/2009]
Europe remembers war dead [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/11/2009]
Berlin marks 20 yrs since wall fell [Reuters Video: Top News - 11/10/2009]
Merkel, Trabants celebrate wall fall [Reuters - YouTube - 11/09/2009]

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