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...shot of Merkel in a glamorous - and revealing - evening dress was taken during a visit to the Oslo opera in April 2008. Back then, the sight of the Chancellor's décolletage raised some eyebrows and triggered a heated debate in the German media over her "demonstratively feminine" physique. Now that photo, side by side with one of Lengsfeld looking equally feminine, is generating both glee and outrage across Germany. (Read about Merkel in the 2009 TIME...
...Lengsfeld, a former East German dissident and single mother, shrugs off the attacks. "It's ridiculous to suggest that I'm being sexist or antifeminist," she says. "I'm a woman and I'm proud of that. I just wanted an eye-catching campaign poster to draw attention to serious election issues, like climate change. The posters are meant to be funny and ironic...
...conservative CDU/CSU bloc with 38% of the vote, while the Social Democrats, Merkel's partners in the current grand-coalition government, are trailing with 21%. The conservatives' campaign also got a huge boost on Aug. 13, when new figures were published showing that after months of recession, the German economy was growing again. (Read "France and Germany Climb Out of Recession...
...national headquarters, a spokeswoman tartly said that "there was no prior consent for this issue." Party officials refuse to be drawn on the details. There's no denying, though, that Lengsfeld's womanly attributes have turned the district of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg into the most exciting constituency in the German capital and made the CDU the hot topic of the day. And that must give Merkel plenty to chuckle about...
...aside, better than anticipated activity holds the hope that Europe may be following the U.S. in seeming to climb out of its deep economic stupor faster than expected - however gingerly. The challenge now is to sustain that improvement. Initial data released state statistics agencies indicates both French and German export boosts primarily benefited from renewed activity in Asia, which itself is at risk of waning. (See pictures of the dangers of printing money in Germany...