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  1. BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 16: German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen arrives for the weekly German government cabinet meeting on May 16, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is also Chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats (CDU), announced later in the...
  2. German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen Christian Democratic Union (CDU), leaves before a cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany, on May 16, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel sacked her Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen, following heavy losses of their conservative CDU party in...
  3. Peter Altmaier, Parliamentary Secretary of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), adresses a press conference in Berlin, Germany, on May 16, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel sacked her Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen, following heavy losses of their conservative...
  4. German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a statement at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is replacing her environment minister Norbert Roettgen after he led her party to an embarrassingly heavy state election defeat.
  5. FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2011 file picture senior lawmaker of the Christian Democrativ Party (CDU) Peter Altmaier, attends a press conference in Berlin. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is replacing her environment minister after he led her party to an embarrassingly heavy state...
  6. FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2011 file picture senior lawmaker of the Christian Democrativ Party (CDU) Peter Altmaier, is photographed in Berlin. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is replacing her environment minister after he led her party to an embarrassingly heavy state election...
  7. German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a press conference to announce that her environment minister had been dismissed on May 16, 2012 at the Chancellery in Berlin. Merkel sacked Norbert Roettgen, following heavy losses of his conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in a key...
  8. Picture taken March 22, 2011 shows German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen (L) talking with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin. German Chancellor Angela Merkel on May 16, 2012 sacked Roettgen, following heavy losses of his...
  9. Picture taken on March 17, 2011 shows German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen gesturing during a debate at the Bundestag, the federal parliament, in Berlin. As German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on May 16, 2012, Roettgen will step down from his office, following heavy losses...

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Angela Dorothea Merkel, German: [aŋˈɡeːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩] ( listen); née Kasner (born 17 July 1954) is the Chancellor of Germany and Chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Merkel is the first female Chancellor of Germany. Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. I agree with Mr. Draghi, spending alone is not going to solve our growth problems here. We need structural reforms, we need labor market reforms.
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: Wall Street Journal 2 weeks ago
  2. Mr. Sarkozy has had contentious but valuable relationships with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, a fellow conservative, on European and euro zone issues; with the British on defense issues, including the Libyan war; and with President Obama on issues involving Iran and Israel, NATO and Russia
    SOURCE: Big Think 3 weeks ago
  3. One thing is certain ... Those who do not have access to enough natural resources will be unable to develop new products.
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: Deutsche Welle 2 weeks ago
  4. By kicking Sarkozy out, not only will we get rid of a man who made our lives miserable, not only will we feel happier and will we improve our conditions of life, but more than anything else, we will break in the old continent, the Merk-ozy [Angela Merkel and Sarkozy] axis, the heart of Europe's austerit...
    SOURCE: Al Jazeera 3 weeks ago
  5. In some ways they can spur on other parties
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: Vancouver Sun 2 weeks ago
  6. Chancellor Angela Merkel opened her campaign to win back Germany’s most populous state in May 13 elections by appealing to voters to endorse her message of austerity as the prime means to tackle Europe’s debt crisis. It’s partly about still being able to shape our own future
    SOURCE: Seeking Alpha 3 weeks ago
  7. There will be no new negotiations on the fiscal pact
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: Bloomberg.com 2 weeks ago
  8. Even the traditionally hard-line International Monetary Fund called on Tuesday for stronger European nations to ease the fiscal brakes by stretching out budget cuts over a longer period. But if that message was intended foremost for Germany, it seemed destined to fall on deaf ears: with two state electi...
    SOURCE: Health Care For All 4 weeks ago
  9. They are an interesting appearance. And we don't know yet how that will develop
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: Australian IT 2 weeks ago
  10. Germany is proposing to levy extra taxes on the young to pay for the costs of the country’s growing numbers of old people. ... Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats have drafted proposals that, if law, would require all those over 25 to pay a proportion of their income to cushion Germany against a looming...
    SOURCE: Omaha.com 4 weeks ago
  11. We have already sent doctors to examine her health
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: RIA Novosti 2 weeks ago
  12. Political leaders across Europe have begun to push back against the campaign of Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany to put the continent’s economies into a straitjacket of unrelenting fiscal austerity. It is about time. Two years of insisting that weak economies carry out tax increases and spending cuts...
    SOURCE: NationNews - Barbados 1 month ago
  13. I can imagine that we further strengthen the capabilities of the European Investment Bank (EIB)
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: Reuters Mobile 2 weeks ago
  14. For Chancellor Angela Merkel, this is about the stability of her cabinet, the prospects for the federal election in 2013 and for vice-chancellor Philipp Roesler, it's about nothing less than his political survival
    SOURCE: Expatica 2 months ago
  15. The deal is not up for renewed negotiation
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: Deutsche Welle 2 weeks ago
  16. For Chancellor Angela Merkel, this is about the stability of her cabinet and the prospects for the federal election in 2013 ... For vice-chancellor Philipp Rösler, it's about nothing less than his political survival.
    SOURCE: The Local 2 months ago
  17. The fiscal pact has been negotiated, it has been signed by 25 government leaders, and has already been ratified by Portugal and Greece. Parliaments all over Europe are about to pass it. Ireland has a referendum on it at the end of May. It cannot be negotiated anew
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited 2 weeks ago
  18. Angela Merkel said Germany needs many, many engineers, especially from Spain ... For me, it's perfect if they come. More new people, more Spanish girls.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 2 months ago
  19. The subject of growth, which many are calling for, has long been our second policy pillar alongside solid finances
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: The Star Malaysia 2 weeks ago
  20. He (Necas) did not add his signature on the fiscal pact mainly out of fear of President Klaus. He has namely clearly said he will never sign such a product of the Merkozy (combination of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy) kitchen
    SOURCE: Prague Daily Monitor 2 months ago
  21. We need growth in the form of sustainable initiatives not stimulus programmes which would increase debts, but growth in the form of structural reform.
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: BBC News 2 weeks ago
  22. We're not saying that saving solves all problems
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: The Telegraph 3 weeks ago
  23. It must be prevented that a country like Germany with a large output can no longer realize its research possibilities, innovation, creativity and even precision, because there is a lack of access to raw materials
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: Reuters 3 weeks ago
  24. Derivatives trading must be regulated to dampen price volatility and not support it
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: Reuters 3 weeks ago
  25. Sustainable fiscal policy ... is a necessary but not sufficient method of overcoming the crisis because we also need growth
    – Angela Merkel SOURCE: EUbusiness 3 weeks ago

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