Read more Angela Merkel stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/714/angela-merkel.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:43:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74427/belgian-named-eu-prez-after-blair-bid-fails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTony Blair won't be the first president of the European Council. The job went to Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy today after British PM Gordon Brown withdrew Blair's nomination when it became clear he didn't have enough support. Blair tells the Guardian he isn’t surprised, because the “direction of travel”...http://www.newser.com/story/74427/belgian-named-eu-prez-after-blair-bid-fails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 13:15:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73652/germany-celebrates-fall-of-the-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFireworks illuminated the rainy skies above Berlin as Germans and high-profile visitors came together today to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall exactly 20 years ago. President Obama unexpectedly joined the festivities—in a video greeting introduced by Hillary Clinton. "There could be no clearer rebuke of tyranny," he...http://www.newser.com/story/73652/germany-celebrates-fall-of-the-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 17:51:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73634/post-1989-germany-an-unexpected-success.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs “the exhaustive and perfectly blameless celebrations” of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall unfold, Anne Applebaum has a bone to pick. The festivities are “focusing on what didn’t happen rather than what did,” she writes, treating “the past two decades as a foregone conclusion.” But...http://www.newser.com/story/73634/post-1989-germany-an-unexpected-success.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 12:42:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73585/germany-hails-anniversary-of-berlin-walls-fall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of foam dominoes will fall today in Berlin, symbolizing the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has called Nov. 9, 1989, "the happiest day in recent German history," will lead the festivities. The guest...http://www.newser.com/story/73585/germany-hails-anniversary-of-berlin-walls-fall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 8:54:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73235/merkel-addresses-congress-wants-climate-pact.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress to "tear down the walls of today" and reach a deal to combat global warming. Merkel, frequently interrupted by robust applause, also reiterated her country's commitment...http://www.newser.com/story/73235/merkel-addresses-congress-wants-climate-pact.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 14:39:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72060/shame-on-obama-for-skipping-berlin-festivities.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSkipping the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall is a bad choice by President Obama, Rick Richman writes, for several reasons: It’s a snub of a personal invitation from German Chancellor Angela Merkel—a key ally and one going all out for the festivities. It’s a chance...http://www.newser.com/story/72060/shame-on-obama-for-skipping-berlin-festivities.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 19:41:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70388/merkel-wins-re-election-new-coalition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAngela Merkel was headed to re-election today, and German voters were sending her along with enough votes to cobble together a center-right coalition and ditch the Social Democrats she has been allied with since 2005. Exit polls on German television showed Merkel's conservative bloc with 33.4% of the vote,...http://www.newser.com/story/70388/merkel-wins-re-election-new-coalition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Sep 2009 12:28:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70287/merkel-heads-for-2nd-term-with-messy-coalition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGermany votes in a federal election in less than 48 hours, but Angela Merkel has better things to do than campaign; she's in Pittsburgh with the rest of the G20. Merkel is assured of a second term, but in Germany's complex system of coalition politics, the bigger question is which...http://www.newser.com/story/70287/merkel-heads-for-2nd-term-with-messy-coalition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Sep 2009 5:41:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69057/gm-to-sell-opel-to-canadas-magna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter painfully drawn-out negotiations, General Motors’ board has agreed to sell its Opel unit to Canadian firm Magna International, maintaining a tie that will keep Opel a "a fully integrated part of GM's global product development organization," the company said. The German government, which earlier this year loaned Opel $2....http://www.newser.com/story/69057/gm-to-sell-opel-to-canadas-magna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 9:30:00 CDT