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Undated: Angela Dorothea Merkel (née Kasner, born 17 July 1954) is a German politician serving as Chancellor of Germany since 2005. She served as the leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2000 to 2018.[8] Merkel has been widely described as the de facto leader of the European Union,[9] the most powerful woman in the world,[10] and by many commentators as the leader of the Free World.[11][12][13][14]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel
-- 2015 --
Undated: Time person of the year
“Fear has never been a good adviser, neither in our personal lives nor in our society,” Merkel told a middle-aged woman who rose from an audience on Sept. 3 to ask what the Chancellor intended to do to prevent “Islamization,” with so many Muslims entering the country. “Cultures and societies that are shaped by fear,” Merkel said, “will without doubt not get a grip on the future.”
http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2015-angela-merkel/
-- 2017 --
June 9: Merkel's G-20 Climate Alliance Is Crumbling
The German chancellor had been hoping to isolate Donald Trump on climate issues at the upcoming G-20 summit in Hamburg. But Merkel's hoped-for alliance is crumbling, underscoring Germany's relative political weakness globally. Many countries are wary of angering the United States.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/angela-merkel-s-anti-trump-alliance-crumbling-ahead-of-g-20-a-1151439.html
-- 2018 --
April 28: Merkel And Trump Meeting Includes Some Strange Moments, But No Tangible Results
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/04/28/606369041/merkel-and-trump-meeting-includes-some-strange-moments-but-no-tangible-results
June 10: A Single Photo Captured President Trump's Approach to the G7 Summit
This is not the first time an image of German Chancellor Angela Merkel literally talking down to an American president has made the rounds online.
Recall back in 2015, almost three years ago to the day, when Merkel, with outstretched arms, stood before President Obama, seated on a bench at that year’s Group of 7 summit.
The picture went viral, but appeared to draw more chatter about looking like a scene from “The Sound of Music” than about actual relations between the two friends.
Fast forward to June 9, the second day of this year’s G-7 summit in Canada, when a photographer captured a striking image of President Trump surrounded by a host of world leaders.
With both hands down on the table in front of her [Merkel], she’s leaning in during what appears to be a tense discussion, staring straight at her American counterpart and cast in a light that presents her as the central figure, the power.
http://time.com/5307314/donald-trump-angela-merkel-g-7-photograph/
June 11:
‘We don’t let ourselves be taken advantage of again and again,’ chancellor says.
July 5: What Trump and Merkel Have Said About Each Other
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-merkel/story?id=46198767
July 9: President Donald Trump reportedly greeted German Chancellor Angela Merkel with a massive bill when she visited him soon after he entered the White House.
“Angela, you owe me $1 trillion,” Trump said, referring to the gulf between what Germany agreed to contribute to its defense under a NATO arrangement and what it actually spent over the previous 14 years, an official briefed on the meeting told The Wall Street Journal in a story published Sunday.
Trump’s brash remark to Merkel more than a year ago showcases his insistence that U.S. allies pay more for their defense—a stance he has maintained ahead of the NATO summit later this week.
“The United States is spending far more on NATO than any other Country. This is not fair, nor is it acceptable,” Trump tweeted Monday morning. “While these countries have been increasing their contributions since I took office, they must do much more. Germany is at 1%, the U.S. is at 4%.”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-anegla-merkel-1-trillion-1014437
July 11: Merkel responds to Trump: 'I have witnessed' Germany under Soviet control
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/11/politics/angela-merkel-east-germany-nato-trump/index.html
July 17: ‘She was unbeatable’: Trump says Angela Merkel is no longer a ‘superstar’ because of Germany’s immigration policies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/she-was-unbeatable-trump-says-angela-merkel-is-no-longer-a-superstar-because-of-germanys-immigration-policies/2018/07/17/31d6ffda-89e0-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cb8ed998a8af
July 18: Angela Merkel hits back at Donald Trump at Nato summit
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/11/nato-summit-donald-trump-says-germany-is-captive-of-russians
August 19: Putin and Merkel, Pushed Together by Trump, Talk Syria, Pipeline
Putin, standing alongside Merkel, cited the Nord Stream 2 pipeline as a key economic bond.
https://themoscowtimes.com/news/putin-and-merkel-pushed-together-by-trump-talk-syria-pipeline-62571
August 19: Challenged by Trump, Merkel, Putin signal rapprochement
https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2018/08/20/challenged-by-trump-merkel-putin-signal-rapprochement
August 22: Merkel eyes Azeri gas after Trump attack on Russia ties
https://nypost.com/2018/08/22/merkel-eyes-azeri-gas-after-trump-attack-on-russia-ties/
October 2: World trusts Putin, Xi and Merkel more than Trump, major survey finds
German chancellor considered twice as trustworthy as US president, poll shows
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-approval-rating-trust-world-leaders-vladimir-putin-angela-merkel-pew-research-centre-a8564701.html
October 17: Summit-Bound Merkel Takes a Swipe at Trump and Europe’s Populists
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-17/summit-bound-merkel-takes-swipe-at-trump-and-europe-s-populists
October 19: Merkel just responded to Trump's trade threat over post-Brexit financial services
ANGELA MERKEL has responded to US President Donald Trump who is growing frustrated with the European Union over the length of time securing a trade agreement.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1033357/EU-news-Angela-Merkel-Donald-Trump-news-US-European-Union-Germany
October 19: Angela Merkel defies Trump, defends free trade at EU-Asia meeting
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rebuked the "America First" approach to free trade of US President Donald Trump. Meeting in Brussels, European and Asian leaders have pledged to create "win-win" situations.
https://www.dw.com/en/angela-merkel-defies-trump-defends-free-trade-at-eu-asia-meeting/a-45956338
October 29: German chancellor Angela Merkel will not seek re-election in 2021
Chancellor also tells Christian Democrats she will not seek re-election as party chairwoman in December
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/29/angela-merkel-wont-seek-re-election-as-cdu-party-leader
November 2: Angela Merkel’s successor seeks tougher line on immigration
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats have met in an effort to shore up their credentials on immigration. The party, which now has a new leader, has seen support hemorrhage since the 2015 refugee crisis.
https://www.dw.com/en/angela-merkels-successor-seeks-tougher-line-on-immigration/a-47469159
November 21:
The German chancellor is on her way out, and it showed in a fiery speech.
November 25:
The German chancellor is on her way out, and it showed in a fiery speech.
December 24: How Trump Made War on Angela Merkel and Europe
The German Chancellor and other European leaders have run out of patience with the President.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/12/24/how-trump-made-war-on-angela-merkel-and-europe
December 31: Merkel Wants to Be Trump’s Main Adversary in 2019. Here’s Why
http://fortune.com/2018/12/31/markel-nationalism-trump-europe/
-- 2019 --
February 9: Coal bites the dust in Germany, Europe's greenest nation
A leading mainstream politician in a major industrial nation this week said the country will phase out coal power, completely, in less than two decades' time.
Imagine the blowback if an Australian politician - Labor or Liberal - tried that.
But this is not the first time German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pulled a stunt like this. In 2011, a few months after Japan's Fukushima disaster, she abruptly ordered the shutdown of almost half the country’s 27 nuclear reactors and set a timeline to take the rest offline by 2022.
The loudest protests came from people who thought that wasn’t fast enough.
This week some muttered about higher energy prices and energy security concerns over Merkel’s 2038 coal phase-out decision. But just as loud were complaints that it could all be done a decade faster if the government really put its mind to it.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/coal-bites-the-dust-in-germany-europe-s-greenest-nation-20190208-p50wh0.html
-- 2020 --
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