
German Chancellor Angela Merkel shakes hand with China's prime minister Wen Jiabao during the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009.(AP Photo/Kay Nietfeld, Pool)
Because Angie Deserves It
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during a news conference in Brussels November 19, 2009 on the Copenhagen climate conference. World leaders are likely to reach a political deal on fighting climate change when they meet in Copenhagen next month but it may not be very precise, a senior European Union official said on Thursday.REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet (BELGIUM POLITICS)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel before Armistice Day ceremonies Wednesday Nov. 11, 2009 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. France commemorates the end of World War I hand-in-hand with the country vanquished in the so-called 'great war' as German Chancellor Angela Merkel joins President Nicolas Sarkozy to remember the fallen, and to celebrate peace.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledges the gallery as she arrives to address a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 3, 2009. Merkel, who began her second term in office last week, is the first German leader to address the U.S. Congress since Konrad Adenauer in 1957.REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) greets Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the start of European Union heads of state and government summit in Brussels October 29, 2009. EU leaders are expected on Thursday to discuss institutional changes which include the creation of a long-term president under the EU's planned Lisbon reform treaty.REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM POLITICS ENVIRONMENT)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, shares a word with French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday Oct. 30, 2009. The European Union is seeking to maintain a united stand on climate change Friday by giving leeway to poorer member states to pay less into global climate aid fund.(AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (top) stands behind former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl as they attend a ceremony of the Konrad-Adenauer foundation to mark the upcoming 20-year anniversary, in November, of the fall of the wall which once divided communist East Berlin from capitalist west Berlin, in Berlin October 31, 2009.REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY POLITICS)
Guido Westerwelle, leader of the pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP), greets supporters as he arrives for a news conference after first exit polls in the German general election (Bundestagswahl) in Berlin September 27, 2009.REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY POLITICS ELECTIONS)
Angela Merkel, German Chancellor and leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) and party general secretary Ronald Pofalla (R) wave to supporters after first exit polls in the German general election (Bundestagswahl) at party headquarters in Berlin September 27, 2009. Merkel's conservatives appear to have won enough votes in a German election to form a centre-right government with their preferred partners, the Free Democrats (FDP), exit polls showed on Sunday.REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY)
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel is greeted by U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama (R) as she arrives at the Phipps Conservatory for an opening reception and working dinner for delegation leaders at the Pittsburgh G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 24, 2009.REUTERS/Chris Wattie (UNITED STATES POLITICS)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves to the crowd during an election campaign rally in Koblenz September 15, 2009.Merkel, the leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party CDU is travelling in the historic panorama train 'Rheingold Express' from the former German capital of Bonn via the western German cities of Koblenz and Frankfurt, the eastern German cities of Erfurt and Leipzig to Germany's new capital Berlin to rally for the September 27, 2009 general elections.REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY POLITICS ELECTIONS)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during an election campaign rally with CDU secretary general Ronald Pofalla (R) in Koblenz September 15, 2009. Merkel, the leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party CDU is travelling in the historic panorama train 'Rheingold Express' from the former German capital of Bonn via the western German cities of Koblenz and Frankfurt, the eastern German cities of Erfurt and Leipzig to Germany's new capital Berlin to rally for the September 27, 2009 general elections.REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY POLITICS ELECTIONS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel eats a traditional Thuringia sausage in Erfurt following an election campaign tour in the historic 'Rheingold Express' train through Germany September 15, 2009. Merkel, the leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union CDU travels from the former German capital of Bonn via the western German cities of Koblenz and Frankfurt, the eastern German cities of Erfurt and Leipzig to Germany's new capital Berlin to rally for the September 27, 2009 general elections.REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY POLITICS ELECTIONS)AP Photo/Jens Meyer
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is flanked by Birgit Diezel (R) and Christine Lieberknecht (L) during an election campaign in Erfurt September 15, 2009. Merkel, the leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party CDU travels from the former German capital of Bonn via the western German cities of Koblenz and Frankfurt, the eastern German cities of Erfurt and Leipzig to Germany's new capital Berlin to rally for the September 27, 2009 general elections.REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY POLITICS ELECTIONS)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves as she arrives from an election campaign trip to Berlin's main train station, September 15, 2009. Merkel, the leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party CDU was travelling in the historic panorama train 'Rheingold Express' from the former German capital of Bonn via the western German cities of Koblenz and Frankfurt, the eastern German cities of Erfurt and Leipzig to Germany's new capital Berlin to rally for the September 27, 2009 general elections.REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY POLITICS ELECTIONS)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a point during a news conference in Berlin, September 18, 2009. Merkel said on Friday that she would move quickly to map out a plan for changing income, corporate and inheritance taxes if she is re-elected later this month and can form a centre-right government.REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY POLITICS ELECTIONS HEADSHOT)
German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Angela Merkel (L) reacts as German pop singer Petra Zieger performs during an election campaign rally in Finsterwalde, September 19, 2009. Bundestagswahl general election will be held in Germany on September 27.REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY POLITICS ELECTIONS)
German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Angela Merkel reacts during an election campaign rally in Finsterwalde, September 19, 2009. Bundestagswahl general election will be held in Germany on September 27.REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY POLITICS ELECTIONS HEADSHOT)
German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party Angela Merkel reacts during an election campaign rally in Finsterwalde, September 19, 2009. Bundestagswahl general election will be held in Germany on September 27.REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY POLITICS ELECTIONS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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)