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...Once appeared on the German version of the reality show Big Brother - the only German politician to have done...
Germany's elections on Sept. 27 had more than one victor. Sure, German Chancellor Angela Merkel retained her grip on the post. But Guido Westerwelle, the head of the Free Democrats, was the real winner, becoming the first openly gay leader of a governing German party. Though Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats pulled in one-third of the vote - less than in 2005 - Westerwelle's party captured 14.6% of the ballots, a 4.7% increase that was the largest of any group. Germany will now be ruled by a coalition of the two parties. Following German tradition, Westerwelle is slated...
Quotes By: "Would you please be so kind, this is a press conference in Germany." - Scolding a BBC reporter for asking a question in English rather than German (The Independent, Sept...
...Coalitions are, after all, not marriages of love." - Merkel, telling a German broadcaster that ruling Germany by coalition should prove interesting (Deutsche Welle, Sept...
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