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GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a meeting of the German federal parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a meeting of the German federal parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

epa03142895 A window behind the federal eagle at the plenary hall of the German Bundestag lower house of parliament, is cleaned in preparation prior to the election of the new German president in Berlin, Germany, 13 March 2012. EPA/Wolfgang Kumm

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a meeting of the German Federal Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a meeting of the German Federal Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a meeting of the German Federal Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

epa03021684 German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a government statement concerning the European Council at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 02 December 2011. Merkel called on 02 December for a sustained strengthening of the economic and monetary union of the 17 eurozone nations. EPA/ROBERT SCHLESINGER

GERMANY PARLIAMENT EU SUMMIT

epa02980133 (ILLUSTRATION) A close-up view of the motive side showing an owl on a Greek One Euro coin, as seen in Schwerin, Germany, 25 October 2011. The factions of the German parties in the parliaments were meeting on 25 Octobeer to discuss the European financial stability facility (EFSF) aid package. After a government statement by Merkel on early 26 October, the German 'Bundestag' parliament will vote on a possible expansion of the aid package to more than one trillion euro. The stakes are high for German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the snap parliamentary vote on early 26 October that aims at giving her authority to negotiate a broader eurozone bailout within the EFSF prior to the EU Summit on the Euro crisis, which is due to be held at the EU in Brussels later on 26 October. EPA/JENS BUETTNER

GERMANY PARLIAMENT BUDGET DEBATE

epa02903032 Germany's oppositional Social Democratic Party (SPD) chairman Sigmar Gabriel (R) and former SPD Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck (L) talk during a German 'Bundestag' parliament meeting for a budget debate, in Berlin, Germany, on 07 September 2011. German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected 07 September fears that the world is slipping into recession and defended her policy of reducing state debt instead of injecting more money into the economy. Critics had earlier charged her with weak leadership as the eurozone struggles to assemble a bailout for sovereign lenders that is big enough to impress sceptical financial markets. EPA/WOLFGANG KUMM

GERMANY PARLIAMENT BUDGET DEBATE

epa02902739 German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a budget debate at the German parliament (Bundestag) in Berlin, Germany, 07 September 2011. Topics discussed included the euro bailout. A ruling by Germany's constitutional court on 07 September paved the pay for the government to push ahead with moves to approve its participation in bailouts for troubled European Union countries. EPA/HERBERT KNOSOWSKI

GERMANY PARLIAMENT BUDGET DEBATE

epa02902738 German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a budget debate at the German parliament (Bundestag) in Berlin, Germany, 07 September 2011. Topics discussed included the euro bailout. A ruling by Germany's constitutional court on 07 September paved the pay for the government to push ahead with moves to approve its participation in bailouts for troubled European Union countries. EPA/HERBERT KNOSOWSKI

GERMANY PARLIAMENT BUDGET DEBATE

epa02902687 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (back) and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle at the beginning of a budget debate at the German parliament (Bundestag) in Berlin, Germany, 07 September 2011. Topics discussed included the euro bailout. A ruling by Germany's constitutional court on Wednesday paved the pay for the government to push ahead with moves to approve its participation in bailouts for troubled European Union countries. EPA/WOLFGANG KUMM

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

epa02812831 German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler at the German Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 07 July 2011. The Bundestag decides on preimplantation genetic diagnosis. EPA/WOLFGANG KUMM

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle delivers his speech in the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle gestures in the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle adjusts his jacket in the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

epa02497558 German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (R) with Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 16 December 2010, prior to a EU summit in Brussels on Eurobonds. EPA/Rainer Jensen

GERMANY PARLIAMENT BUDGET

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere makes a phone call during the budget debate at the German parliament in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT BUDGET

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, talk during the budget debate at the German parliament in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

epa02443726 German Minister of Health Philipp Roesler follows a debate of the German Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 12 November 2010. Germany's ruling coalition passed the disputed health system reform and a new financing of the public health insurance fund. EPA/Wolfgang Kumm

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

epa02443725 German Minister of Health Philipp Roesler follows a debate of the German Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 12 November 2010. Germany's ruling coalition passed the disputed health system reform and a new financing of the public health insurance fund. EPA/Wolfgang Kumm

GERMANY PARLIAMENT GOVERNMENT DECLARATION

epa02415160 German Chancellor Angela Merkel seems tired as she follows a debate at the German parliament (Bundestag) in Berlin, Germany, 27 October 2010. In her earlier government declaration, Merkel commented on the European Council on 28 and 29 October in Brussels and the G20 summit on 11 and 12 November in Seoul. Merkel wishes to campaign for changes of the EU treaty to fight against potential future euro currency crises. EPA/WOLFGANG KUMM

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during her speech at the German Federal Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. Merkel addressed German parliament ahead of the EU summit and the upcoming G20 meeting in Seoul. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT GOVERNMENT STATEMENT

epa02163855 Parliamentary party leader of the SPD, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, reacts to a government statement on the stabilisation of the euro by Chancellor Merkel in the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 19 May 2010. The European single currency fell sharply on Asian markets, as the bloc‘s largest member, Germany, moved to outlaw speculative trading on its own bourses. EPA/TIM BRAKEMEIER

GERMANY PARLIAMENT GOVERNMENT STATEMENT

epa02163854 German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble listens to a government statement on the stabilisation of the euro by Chancellor Merkel in the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 19 May 2010. The European single currency fell sharply on Asian markets, as the bloc‘s largest member, Germany, moved to outlaw speculative trading on its own bourses. EPA/TIM BRAKEMEIER

GERMANY PARLIAMENT MERKEL

epa02163843 German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a government statement on the stabilisation of the euro at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 19 May 2010. The European single currency fell sharply on Asian markets, as the bloc‘s largest member, Germany, moved to outlaw speculative trading on its own bourses. EPA/TIM BRAKEMEIER

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

epa02085209 German Foreign Minister and Deputy Chancellor Guido Westerwelle leaves the plenary hall during the debate on the Ministry of Health's budget at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 19 March 2010. The Bundestag will close its budget debate the same day. Members of parliament debate on the budget for the Minstry of Health, which has rissen to around 16 billion Euro, before casting their final votes on the overall budget draft around noon. Germany's federal government plans to take on new debts of 80,2 billion Euo. EPA/Rainer Jensen

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

epa02085208 German Foreign Minister and Deputy Chancellor Guido Westerwelle leaves the plenary hall during the debate on the Ministry of Health's budget at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 19 March 2010. The Bundestag will close its budget debate the same day. Members of parliament debate on the budget for the Minstry of Health, which has rissen to around 16 billion Euro, before casting their final votes on the overall budget draft around noon. Germany's federal government plans to take on new debts of 80,2 billion Euo. EPA/Rainer Jensen

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, are seen during a financial debate at the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, are seen during a financial debate at the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, are seen during a financial debate at the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is seen during a financial debate at the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is seen during a financial debate at the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

The faction leader of the German social democrats, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, gestures during his speech as part of a financial debate at the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

epa01996707 German Chancellor Angela Markel speaks during the budget debate in the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, 20 January 2010. Merkel defended the record debts and called for a 'new way of thinking' to overcome the glabal economic and financial crisis. EPA/Wolfgang Kumm

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, right, and German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle, left, are seen during a financial debate at the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT BUDGET DEBATE

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is seen during the debate for the budget at the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is seen during his speech at the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is seen during his speech at financial debate in the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT REMEMBRANCE HOLOCAUST

epa01234228 Norbert Lammert, President of the German Bundestag, delivers a speech during a commemoration ceremony at the Bundestag in Berlin, 25 January 2008. Germany's parliament commemorated Nazi victims ahead of an international day of remembrance for Holocaust victims on 27 January. On 27 January 1945 the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated by the Red Army. EPA/RAINER JENSEN

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressing parliament during the German Bundestag budget debate in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, 06 September 2006. The German parliament will discuss and decide about the budget for 2007 until coming Friday. EPA/Tim Brakemeier

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressing parliament during the German Bundestag budget debate in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, 06 September 2006. The German parliament will discuss and decide about the budget for 2007 until coming Friday. EPA/Tim Brakemeier

GERMANY PARLIAMENT DEBATE

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier talk during a parliament debate at the German lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, on Wednesday, 14 December 2005. Germany played no part in the US abduction of a German citizen who was held as a terrorist suspect in Afghanistan, the government said, describing it for the first time as a possible crime. EPA/BERND SETTNIK

GERMANY PARLIAMENT STEINMEIER

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) talks to the parliament at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday 14 December 2005. EPA/STEFFEN KUGLER

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens during a parliamentary meeting in the Berlin Reichstag on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2005. Germany's justice minister on Wednesday defended the government's handling of the alleged abduction of a German citizen by the CIA. (AP Photo/Fritz Reiss)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

Left Party chairman Lothar Bisky, center, is embraced by fellow party member Klaus Ernst as he reacts after learning that he failed for the fourth time to become parliamentary vice president, in Berlin Tuesday, Nov.8, 2005. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer follows a debate in the Bundestag, German parliament, in Berlin, Friday, 22 April 2005. The Bundestag voted among other issues on the German UN contribution to send German troops to Sudan. Fischer will testify to the inquiry commission investigating the visa scandal on Monday, 25 April 2005. EPA/Stephanie Pilick

GERMANY PARLIAMENT SCHROEDER

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (C) stands among deputies at the parliament in the Berlin's Reichstag, Friday 17 October 2003. Chancellor Schroeder won key votes Friday in the Bundestag, lower house of parliament. Despite earlier grumbling among his Social Democrats, they and Schroeder's Greens allies lined up behind the government to accelerate tax cuts by 12 months to revive Germany's lagging economy. Apart from moving tax cuts forward from 2005 to 2004, items passed Friday prune back subsidies for home-owners and commuters. Also on the order paper were reforms to Germany's social-welfare system, aimed at reducing labour costs by trimming exorbitant welfare levies. EPA/PEER GRIMM

GERMANY PARLIAMENT CONGO VOTE

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (C) and Defence Minister Peter Struck (R, behind Schroeder) of the SPD and Greens party delegate Josef Philip Winkler (L) of both German and Indian citizenship, vote Wednesday, 18 June 2003, about the deployment of troops to Congo in Berlin. Germany's Bundestag parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved sending up to 350 non-combat troops to take part in a European Union peace mission in the Congo. Approval came 441-30, with seven abstentions. EPA PHOTO/DPA/Miguel Villagran

GERMANY PARLIAMENT FRANCE ANNIVERSARY

During the first parliamentary meeting in the new year, German Foreign Minster Joschka Fischer, left, and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, right, listen to a speaker in the parliament in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003. One of the topics of the debate was the 40th anniversary of the Elysee contract between Germany and France. (AP Photo/Franka Bruns)

GERMANY PARLIAMENT KUENAST SCHROEDER

BER36 - 20020606 - BERLIN, GERMANY : German Consumer Protection Minister Renate Kuenast addresses the parliament as Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (rear) is looking on during a debate about the weedkiller Nitrofen found in food, Berlin on Thursday 06 June 2002. The dangerous herbicide found in poultry feed used in Germany's organic farming industry entered the food chain earlier than first thought, it was announced. Calculating the time it takes a turkey to reach maturity, officials said the tainted grain was likely used during the summer of 2001. EPA PHOTO DPA / BERND SETTNIK / bs/rh

GERMANY PARLIAMENT PROTEST

BER38 - 20020523 - BERLIN, GERMANY : An official tries to take down a banner held up by members of the German ex-communist Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) reading: 'Mr Bush and Mr Schroeder - Stop your wars' during George W. Bush's speech at the German Bundestag on Thursday, 23 May 2002. EPA PHOTO DPA/ANDREAS ALTWEIN/rh/hpl-ms

GERMANY PARLIAMENT PROTEST

BER37 - 20020523 - BERLIN, GERMANY : Members of the German ex-communist Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) hold up a banner reading: 'Mr Bush and Mr Schroeder - Stop your wars' during George W. Bush's speech at the German Bundestag. EPA PHOTO DPA/ANDREAS ALTWEIN/rh/hpl-ms

GERMANY - PARLIAMENT

Ein parlamentarischer Gesch ftsf hrer der CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion h lt am Freitag (17.05.2002) in Berlin zur Abstimmung ber eine Grundgesetz nderung eine blaue Stimmkarte in die H he um den CDU/CSU-Abgeordneten zu zeigen, wie sie abstimmen sollen. Die Parlamentarier beschlossen an diesem Tag fraktions bergreifend, den Tierschutz ins Grundgesetz aufzunehmen. dpa/lbn

GERMANY-PARLIAMENT/INTERIOR

BER30 - 20011213 - BERLIN, GERMANY : German Interior Minister Otto Schily gestures as he addresses the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, in Berlin on Thursday, 13 December 2001. The German parliament began a debate on an immigration law bill with a warning from Minister Schily to the conservative opposition not to exploit the issue with demagoguery. The bill from Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrat-Greens coalition would open the door for thousands of foreign workers in order to meet a shortage of skilled labour, as part of a policy of 'controlled immigration'. However for the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Unions (CDU/CSU), object to the proposed legislation on the grounds that it would not do enough to limit the number of foreigners coming to Germany. EPA PHOTO DPA/PETER ENDIG

GERMANY PARLIAMENT SCHROEDER

BER20 - 20001129 - BERLIN, GERMANY: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder gestures in German lower house in Berlin, Wednesday 29 November 2000. Schroeder called for all German parties to back a law banning the use of meat in feed given to animals to combat mad cow disease. EPA PHOTO DPA/WOLFGANG KUMM

GERMANY-PARLIAMENT/SCHROEDER/FISCHER

BER29 - 20000608 - BERLIN, GERMANY : German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (r) and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer listen to a debate in the German Bundestag in Berlin Thursday 08 June 2000 discussing a reform of the European Union. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) EPA PHOTO DPA/TIM BRAKEMEIER

GERMANY PARLIAMENT ART

Portrait of German-born artist Hans Haacke stands in front of the German Reichstag in Berlin Tuesday April 4, 2000. He plans to update the motto inscribed on the tympanum over the entrance of the Reichstag "Dem Deutschen Volke" (" To the German People") with an art piece inside the Reichstag bearing the motto "To the Population". Kaiser Wilhelm II. fought four years to keep the original inscription off the Reichstag after the building was finished in 1894, because he thought it was too democratic. The artist's proposal consists of a wooden trough, seven meters wide (23 ft) and 21 meters (69 ft) long, to be filled with soil brought by each of the 669 legislators from their home towns. On top, the words " Der Bevoelkerung", or " To the Population", will be lit up in letters of the same typeface and size of those above the building's entrance. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil)

GERMANY-PARLIAMENT/PDS

BON13 - 19980423 - BONN, GERMANY : An official collects, following an order by the parlament speaker, anti-euro banners saying "EURO - Not like this!" displayed by deputies of the oppositional Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) Gregor Gysi, behind him Dagmar Enkelmann and Barbara Hoell, during a debate in the German parliament on the single currency. EPA/DPA/MICHAEL JUNG

GERMANY-PARLIAMENT

BON01-27MAR98-BONN: Interior Minister Manfred Kanther (top) and Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel during a debate at the German lower house of parliament 27 March, where a bill that would have allowed some children of immigrants to automatically become German citizens, was rejected. The proposed reform to the nationality law had specified that children born in Germany to at least one immigrant parent who had also been born in Germany would qualify. EPA PHOTO/DPA/TIM BRAKEMEIER