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Secretary Rice and Chancellor Merkel spoke to reporters about the state of relations between the two countries. The news conference focused on U.S. rendition practices when detaining suspect…

Angela Merkel delivered her first speech as chancellor to the German Bundestag, Germany’s lower house of Parliament. She outlined her government priorities for economic and foreign policy, a…

Angela Merkel spoke at her Christian Democratic Union Party annual conference. She outlined her policies for Germany and the goals for the coalition government she would be leading. Party me…

Angela Merkel announced that the main political parties in Germany agreed that day that she will be Germany’s next chancellor. Her Christian Democratic Union Party will form a coalition with…

This portion of a German newscast was about the German elections from the previous day. There was no clear winner in the election as both Chancellor Schroeder and his primary opponent failed…

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Opposition Leader Angela Merkel held their only televised debate for election to chancellor. Journalists questioned the two candidates on the budget, …

German Opposition Leader Angela appeared on Germany’s ZDF TV’s one-hour weekly interview program to talk about her party’s platform, foreign policy, and the German economy. She is running ag…

In a televised speech to the nation, German President Horst Koehler announced there will be an early election in Germany on September 18, 2005. The announcement came after Chancellor Schroed…

Bundestag opposition leader Merkel talks with reporters about the Christian Democrat Union Party platform in anticipation of fall elections. Chancellor Schroeder had recently lost a confiden…

Party leaders including Chancellor Schroeder and Opposition Leader Angela Merkel addressed the German parliament prior to a vote of confidence in the government. In German with English tr…