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)
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)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts, during a visit to the Siemens booth, at the industrial fair in Hanover, Germany, Monday, April 20, 2009. 6,150 exhibitors from more than 60 countries will participate in the world's largest fair for industrial technology from April 20 to April 24, 2009. South Korea is partner country of this year's fair.(AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with members of the German army Bundeswehr in Kunduz, April 6, 2009. Merkel arrived in Afghanistan on Monday on a surprise trip to visit German troops there, a government spokesman said.REUTERS/Michael Kappeler/Pool (AFGHANISTAN MILITARY POLITICS)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens during a debate on federal reform in the German parliament in Berlin, Friday, March, 27, 2009.(AP Photo/Franka Bruns)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, front right, shares a word with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, front left, during a group photo at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday March 19, 2009. European Union leaders open a summit Thursday fighting over a euro 5 billion recovery plan for new power grids and green energy and raising questions whether the hundreds of billions they are spending is enough to rescue their recession-hit economy. Standing rear left is Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip and right is Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen.(AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts as a member of parliament calls her during a session of the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, March 19, 2009. Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Germany had spent more than many other countries to boost its economy and would wait until the impact of these steps was clear before considering more stimulus.REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY POLITICS)
A German Chancellor Angela Merkel Barbie doll, is displayed during an event at a department store in Hamburg March 9, 2009. Barbie has chosen to honour and recognise Chancellor Merkel as a very modern role model for girls around the world. The Barbie doll which debuted on March 9, 1959, celebrated its 50th anniversary worldwide on Monday.REUTERS/Christian Charisius (GERMANY)
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) speaks to German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a joint news conference with fellow European leaders at the residence of Israel's Prime Minsiter Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem January 18, 2009. Picture taken January 18, 2009.REUTERS/Ammar Abd Rabbo/Pool (JERUSALEM)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles after she delivered her speech at the German lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin December 4, 2008.REUTERS/Johannes Eisele (GERMANY)
German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Angela Merkel stands behind the chair of Hesse's Prime Minister Roland Koch as she inspects the CDU party convention hall in Stuttgart November 30, 2008. In the run-up to the CDU party congress Merkel has come under increasing pressure from fellow conservatives like German Economy Minister Michael Glos to lower taxes and lend support to the economy, which is now in recession.REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach(GERMANY)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds flowers after her re-election as Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader, during the first day of the CDU party meeting in Stuttgart December 1, 2008. Merkel said on Monday her government would not take part in any "senseless" competition to find ways of spending billions of euros to boost flagging economic growth.REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach(GERMANY)
