
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a news conference at the end of a two-day European Union leaders summit in Brussels October 30, 2009.REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Because Angie Deserves It

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)