Angela Merkel
Merkel is the current Chancellor of Germany, she took office in November of 2005 and is the first woman to hold this position. She was first elected to the German Parliament, Bundestag, in the first general election following the reunification of Germany. Merkel is the chairperson of the Christian Democratic Union. In 2007 she was the President of the European Council and chaired the G8 summit.
# angela-merkel - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Merkel reveals that she likes “nice eyes” on a man
Angela Merkel and the way she might look at you.
# angela-merkel - Monday 13 May, 2013
Angela Merkel: ‘No, I was not an East German propaganda official’
A new book has revived suggestions that Merkel was an active trade union official – at a time when the state controlled the unions.
# angela-merkel - Thursday 25 April, 2013
Business magazine compares Angela Merkel to Hitler in ad
Mercado magazine invites viewers to visualise Merkel as the Greeks, Spanish and Germans might see her.
# angela-merkel - Friday 29 March, 2013
Merkel ally: Taoiseach told Irish people truth about ‘hardship’ they’d face
German MEP, Elmar Brok, said that Fine Gael’s support for some of the previous government’s policies had made it able to “sell” austerity and financial hardship to the Irish people.
# angela-merkel - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Spanish newspaper retracts column comparing Merkel to Hitler
A columnist for El Pais wrote that the German chancellor had “like Hitler, declared war” on Europe in a piece that has now been retracted.
# angela-merkel - Friday 1 February, 2013
Interview: ‘People have had enough, debt write-down is the only solution now’ – Nick Webb
Do our politicians have it in them to say no more, asks writer and journalist, Nick Webb, who gives his ideas on what should be top of the politician’s to-do list.
# angela-merkel - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
Hitler’s rise to power a ‘constant warning’, says Merkel
Angela Merkel says freedom should never been taken for granted, on the 80th anniversary of Hitler’s rise to power.
# angela-merkel - Sunday 27 January, 2013
Failure on debt deal would have ‘catastrophic effect on Ireland’ – Tánaiste
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore will address world leaders – including Angela Merkel – in Chile today as hopes for a deal on Ireland’s bank debt took a blow last night and the opposition criticised the government’s lack of openness.
# angela-merkel - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
French, German leaders seek unity to fete 50 years’ ties
The two countries sought to paper-over tensions from the euro crisis when their leaders kicked off events marking 50 years of post-war reconciliation.
# angela-merkel - Sunday 20 January, 2013
Merkel’s coalition in neck-and-neck regional election
Angela Merkel’s CDU-Free Democrats coalition is neck and neck with an opposition alliance in elections in Lower Saxony.
# angela-merkel - Tuesday 15 January, 2013
Column: How much has Ireland paid for the EU banking crisis?
Ireland has been declared a ‘special case’ by Angela Merkel – and these figures show exactly why, writes Michael Taft.
# angela-merkel - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
Kenny to address meeting of Merkel’s Bavarian sister party
The Taoiseach is in Munich to address a meeting of the Christian Social Union, the regional sister party of the CDU.
# angela-merkel - Saturday 5 January, 2013
Merkel kicks off campaign, highlights economic strength
The German Chancellor’s party faces a tough battle in the upcoming Lower Saxony state vote.
# angela-merkel - Friday 4 January, 2013
Angela is not that impressed with Germany’s carolers
Especially those in blackface.
# angela-merkel - Thursday 3 January, 2013
The Economist calls for ‘helping hand’ for the Irish
“There are a couple of ways in which Mrs Merkel could help Ireland.”
# angela-merkel - Thursday 27 December, 2012
Worst of the euro crisis is ‘behind us’, says German finance minister
HURRAH! Break out the champagne and foie gras…
# angela-merkel - Friday 14 December, 2012
Deal on Irish bank debt ‘can be reached before 2014’ – Kenny
The Taoiseach says discussions on the help Ireland can receive from the ESM can continue before a new banking supervisor is set up.
EU leaders repeat aim of splitting bank and sovereign debts
Ahead of Day 2 of a two-day summit, EU leaders say a deal on a new banking regulator is “a major qualitative step”.
# angela-merkel - Monday 10 December, 2012
Pics: European Union collects the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
Taoiseach Enda Kenny was among the great and the good at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital today to mark the awarding of the prize to the bloc.
# angela-merkel - Saturday 8 December, 2012
Ties, galleries and Angela Merkel: The week in numbers
How many houses will have to pay the ‘mansion tax’? And who could find that Budget 2013 has been generous to them?
# angela-merkel - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
Germany’s Merkel starts re-election campaign for 2013
Party members re-elected Merkel as the CDU leader with a landslide majority of 98 per cent of the vote.
# angela-merkel - Tuesday 27 November, 2012
‘Anglo: The Musical’ to return in the new year at Olympia Theatre
The musical based on Celtic Tiger excesses and the fall of Anglo Irish bank has been running at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre this month.
# angela-merkel - Friday 23 November, 2012
The 9 at 9: Friday
Here’s the nine stories you need to know this morning.
EU budget talks head into second day but no deal yet
Angela Merkel is doubtful as to whether a deal can be reached as the leaders of the 27 EU members meet again today.
# angela-merkel - Saturday 17 November, 2012
Bayern job is almost as hard as Merkel’s: Heynckes
The coach added that “in a top club, you can’t really enjoy the football anymore”.
# angela-merkel - Thursday 1 November, 2012
Enda lobs the gob on Angela
Our eyes are peeled for any lámh-droppage.
Taoiseach: Bank debt deal will be dealt with by Finance Minister next year
Enda Kenny has said his meeting with Angela Merkel today will not be about making a decision on a deal for Ireland’s legacy bank debt.
Guten Morgen: Enda Kenny to meet Angela Merkel in Berlin today
The two will have a lot to talk about.
# angela-merkel - Monday 29 October, 2012
Opposition bemoans lack of progress on bank deal after Schauble visit
Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin both criticise Noonan and Howlin for failing to extract public commitments from the German minister.
German finance minister ‘very impressed’ with ‘special case’ Ireland
Wolfgang Schauble said he was confident Ireland would not need a second bailout following a meeting with Ministers Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin today.
Noonan and Howlin to meet with German finance minister today
Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin meet with Wolfgang Schauble at Farmleigh House in Dublin today where discussions on Ireland’s legacy bank debt are sure to come up.
# angela-merkel - Saturday 27 October, 2012
Italy protesters stage anti-austerity ‘No Monti Day’
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Rome to protest against the prime minister and austerity measures.
# angela-merkel - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
Taoiseach coy on content of telephone chat with Angela Merkel
“Surely you don’t expect me to tell what questions I had for the Chancellor, or what questions the Chancellor had for me.”
Junior Minister: Bank debt deal negotiations best done in private
Brian Hayes said that outlining Ireland’s negotiating position in public would not be “very clever from the country’s perspective.
# angela-merkel - Monday 22 October, 2012
French president Hollande: Ireland’s bailout is ‘a special case’
Francois Hollande echoes Angela Merkel’s comments – saying Ireland differs from other countries because the bailout was forced on us.
Poll: Do you believe Ireland will get a deal to reduce the cost of its bank debt?
The government’s campaign for a reduction in the cost of bailing out the banks has been given new hope after a joint statement from Enda Kenny and Angela Merkel, but what do you think?
Enda in Europe: next up, Paris.
The Taoiseach is to meet French President Francois Hollande and attend a large food fair to promote Irish produce.
Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin call for clarification of Merkel and Kenny communiqué
Sinn Féin described the outcome of last night’s contact between Merkel and Kenny as a reiteration of a previous statement, while Fianna Fáil called for ‘plain language’.
# angela-merkel - Sunday 21 October, 2012
The Evening Fix: Now with added Miriam and Pat from 1989
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
‘Ireland is a special case’: Kenny and Merkel commit to improving bailout
Enda Kenny and Angela Merkel issue a joint statement describing Ireland as “a special case” financially.
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