Merkel Opel heil

FILE - In this March 31, 2009 file photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves to the workers as she pays a visit to the Opel car factory in Ruesselsheim, central Germany. On Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009, Merkel confirms, welcomes GM decision to sell Opel to Magna.(AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Angie heils to kick things off

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, receives applause from the Christian Democratic party members during the official start of their election campaign for upcoming German federal elections at the end of the month in Duesseldorf, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil)

Angie hits the bottle again

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends an election campaign rally at the traditional Keferloh festival in Grasbrunn September 7, 2009. General election will be held in Germany on September 27.REUTERS/Michael Dalder (GERMANY POLITICS ELECTIONS)

She can't hear you

German Chancellor Angela Merkel receives applause after her speech at an Christian Democratic Union (CDU) election campaign rally at the traditional Keferloh festival in Grasbrunn September 7, 2009. General election will be held in Germany on September 27.REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY POLITICS HEADSHOT ELECTIONS)

Angie not happy

German Chancellor Angela Merkel frowns after her speech at an Christian Democratic Union (CDU) election campaign rally at the traditional Keferloh festival in Grasbrunn September 7, 2009. General election will be held in Germany on September 27.REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY POLITICS ELECTIONS)

Angie Entertains

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, gestures following her speech at a folk festival near Munich, southern Germany, Monday, Sept. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Christof Stache)

Angie Heils at Wagner's House

German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves to the crowd before the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner opera festival outside the so-called Gruener Huegel (Green Hill) opera house in Bayreuth July 25, 2009. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (GERMANY ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS); AFP/DDP/Timm Schamberger)

Angie has a drink

German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes a drink of beer, after her speech at a beer festival tent in Unterschleissheim near Munich, southern Germany, on Monday, June 1, 2009. Angela Merkel visited an election campaign event of the German Christian Social Union Party (CSU).(AP Photo/Christof Stache)

Heil

German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves after giving a speech at a rally of the Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) for the upcoming European Parliament elections in the eastern German town of Goerlitz June 3, 2009.REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY POLITICS)

Triple Heil

German President Horst Koehler (first row L), his wife Eva Luise, Chancellor Angela Merkel (second row) and husband Joachim Sauer, President of Germany's upper house of parliament Peter Mueller, President of Germany's lower house of parliament Norbert Lammert and Germany's Constitutional Court pose Hans-Juergen Papier arrive for a group picture in Berlin, May 22, 2009. Today Germany marks it's 60th anniversary of the postwar nation and the installation of the German Federal Republic with its pioneering constitution Grundgesetz on May 23, 1949.REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY)

Sing it, Sarko

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and France's Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot, right, sing the national anthem before the French Cup final soccer match between Rennes and Guingamp at the Stade de France in Saint Denis, outside Paris, Saturday, May 9, 2009.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Angry Angie

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, attend a German-French friendship meeting of the Jungen Union, the youth organization of Germany's Christian Democrats, in Berlin on Sunday, May 10, 2009.(AP Photo / Markus Schreiber)

Still friends

A combination of three pictures shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel receiving a kiss from French President Nicolas Sarkozy after her speech in Berlin May 10, 2009. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (GERMANY POLITICS)

Angie plays peek-a-boo with soldier

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) poses with actors dressed as Roman Legion soldiers during the opening of the Varus Battle (Varusschlacht) museum in Bramsche, May 15, 2009. The museum depicts the so-called 'Battle of Teutoburg' or 'Varus Battle' where extensive fighting and subsequent defeat of Roman troops by an alliance of Germanic tribes took place some 2000 years ago.REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY)

Angie makes a new friend

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, right, turn after they took the wrong direction to be welcomed with military honors in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Aso is on a one-day visit to Germany.(AP Photo/Gero Breloer)