Angela Merkel spoke out on the urgent need for all countries to accept binding obligations on climate change in a rare address before the US Congress, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due in Washington for talks with US President Barack Obama and a speech before Congress two decades after the Berlin Wall fell. The trip will focus on issues including Afghanistan, Iran, and climate change.
Newly re-elected German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to address a joint session of the US Congress and talk with US President Barack Obama on Tuesday.
European Union leaders meeting for a crucial two-day summit in Brussels are at odds over how to fund efforts to tackle climate change, with Eastern European nations claiming they cannot afford to pay the lion's share.
European Union leaders are faced with the daunting task of overcoming stalemate on key environmental and economic policy issues, while competing to influence the biggest appointment in Brussels’ history: the first full-time European president.
Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to be sworn in on Wednesday after the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, re-elected her in the morning. She is scheduled to dine later with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris.
Germany's newly elected coalition got set for government on Saturday after adopting a common programme in a late-night meeting aimed at guiding the country out of its worst recession since World War II.
In this edition: The Week in Europe is dedicated to Angela Merkel’s victory in the German election, looking at her fight to save jobs at Opel, and the challenges that lie ahead in her second term.
