Word: merkel
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...dismissed with a shrug this year - hardly worth talking about. I heard one distinguished commentator say that at least life in Europe was comfortable - only to be rudely told by a leading businessman that it wouldn't be for his children. Of course, there were bright spots. Angela Merkel, making her debut as Germany's new Chancellor, gave a well-received speech. (I particularly liked her homage to Ludwig Erhard, the architect of the post-1945 Wirtschaftswunder - when was the last time that he got his due?) Gordon Brown, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, got a round of heartfelt...
...destruction. These changes cannot be only in word but must also be in deed: Hamas must take actions that make it clear that it is committed to working towards peace in the Middle East, such as demonstrating a willingness to engage in negotiations towards coexistence. As German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently said, “Germany expects all political forces that carry responsibility to accept the preconditions for political activity. That means for me, firstly, that Israel’s right to existence is recognized, and secondly, there is no use of violence.” Should Hamas fail...
...Internet company Livedoor, Goldman Sachs even estimates Japan's economy could grow slightly more strongly than last year. And in Germany, business confidence is at its highest point since May 2000, according to a survey released last week, auguring well for the new coalition government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel. In a well-received speech to the Davos participants Wednesday, Merkel promised to introduce greater flexibility into the German economy and attack bureaucracy in an attempt to break out of what she called "our self-inflicted paralysis." But China's continuing boom and its uneasy economic relationship with...
Really now, isn't working tirelessly toward a shared goal with your allies wonderful? Who wouldn't share in the joy of E.U. foreign affairs czar Javier Solana, German Chancellor Angela Merkel or even - yes - President George W. Bush, as they rhapsodize about the way in which the U.S and the leading West European powers have stood shoulder-to-shoulder trying to get Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions? Of course, these negotiations have gone nowhere, because Tehran rejects their very premise. (What nuclear weapons?) No matter: the Bush Administration has, for once, won praise from pundits delighted...
...press conference with Rice in Berlin, Germany's new Chancellor, Angela Merkel, said the Bush Administration has admitted that U.S. agents "erroneously" abducted Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen of Lebanese descent who they believed had terrorist ties. Rice would only say that when mistakes are made, Washington would "rectify them." El-Masri, who filed a suit in U.S. federal court last week against former CIA Director George Tenet and three private airline companies, claims that agents seized him on the Serbian-Macedonian border in 2003 and held him in Afghanistan for five months...