Germany&#39;s Merkel clinches EU treaty deal but ruffles feathers
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel&#39;s epic diplomatic battle with Poland may have clinched a treaty deal Saturday but her tactics also ruffled feathers among her European Union partners.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted Czech leader Mirek Topolanek here Sunday as part of a diplomatic drive to remove obstacles to an accord on a new institutional treaty for the EU.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel celebrated a long-awaited German economic recovery as she marked her first year in office Wednesday, but conceded that her government still has to work do on convincing citizens its policies are sound.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel boards her plane after a two-day visit to Turkey, October 06.Comment
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that Turkey's membership talks with the European Union would be a "long road," but that Berlin is committed to seeing negotiations progress.
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Germany and France offered a ringing endorsement for Turkey's eventual membership of the European Union at a bilateral summit, as French President Jacques Chirac brushed aside doubts about Paris's backing.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said  on Friday there were still problems to be solved on a reform  treaty for the European Union but she was working hard and  everyone was doing their best.
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European Union leaders reached broad agreement on Friday on a single post to run EU foreign affairs, the first success at a summit on the bloc's future, but Poland held up progress towards a treaty to reform the Union.
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EU leaders have reached agreement with Poland on the outline of a new treaty to replace the bloc&#39;s failed constitution, several member states said as a summit moved into a third day Saturday.
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Germany's coalition government overcame  months of bickering on Thursday and agreed a compromise on  health care reform viewed as a test of Chancellor Angela  Merkel's leadership and her government's stability.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday he and British Prime Minister Tony Blair had struck a deal on reforming the EU's institutions while Germany reported progress towards a treaty.
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EU leaders at a summit in Lisbon reach a deal on a landmark treaty to reform the 27-member bloc.
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The European Union&#39;s German presidency circulated late Friday a new draft of a package of reforms containing major concessions to Britain and the Netherlands.
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The announcement Monday that a preliminary agreement reached between Iran and the European Union&#39;s three big powers may be finalized soon is good news on several fronts.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday night that she would sidestep Poland's objections to a new European Union governing treaty by forging ahead with negotiations and hoping Warsaw will join in later.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday there were still problems to be solved on a reform treaty for the European Union but she was working hard and everyone was doing their best.
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The prospect of future EU membership became clearer for four countries last week. At a two-day summit in Brussels, EU leaders gave the green light for the signing of entry treaties with Bulgaria and Romania