Angela Merkel

ANGELA,[object Object],MERKEL,[object Object],Germany’s Answer ,[object Object],to European ,[object Object],Testosterone,[object Object]

Interesting Fact!!!,[object Object],Angela Merkel is the first female chancellor of Germany.,[object Object]

Childhood,[object Object],Angela is believed to have started life as a small girl.,[object Object],She was born in Hamburg in 1954, but moved to Eastern Germany as a baby.,[object Object],The first Chancellor to have grown up in the Soviet East.,[object Object],Merkel may have looked similar to this child.,[object Object]

Interesting Fact!!!,[object Object],Angela Merkel gained a Doctorate in Physics in 1978, before beginning her political career.,[object Object]

First Attempt At European Integration: Unification Begins At Home,[object Object]

Unification Begins At Home,[object Object],Merkel was involved in the East German democratic movement from its early beginnings.,[object Object],Deputy Spokesperson for the first democratically elected government in East Germany following the fall of the Berlin Wall.,[object Object],Represented her local constituency in the first unified German government, in 1990.,[object Object]

Interesting Fact!!!,[object Object],Angela Merkel speaks fluent Russian.,[object Object]

Government Ahoy!,[object Object],In 1994, Merkel became the youngest cabinet minister in Helmut Kohl’s government, responsible for Women and Youth, and then Environment and Nuclear Safety.,[object Object]

Controversy Ensues!,[object Object],Merkel shows a devious side and thwarts Kohl for leadership of the CDU in 2000.,[object Object],A surprising choice of leader for the traditionally conservative party.,[object Object],Merkel may have used this karate chop to take control of the party.,[object Object],Chancellor in 2005 when CDU win the election.,[object Object]

Interesting Fact!!!,[object Object],Merkel is only the second woman, following Margaret Thatcher, to chair the G8.,[object Object]

Wider European IntegrationMerkel and the Lisbon Treaty,[object Object]

Wider European Integration,[object Object],Merkel’s government was in charge when Germany took over the rotating EU presidency in 2007.,[object Object],Sick of all this fuss about a constitution being dragged out, so set a deadline of mid-2009 for a Treaty to be implemented.,[object Object],Message we can take from this?,[object Object],Germans = Efficiency,[object Object]

The Lisbon Treaty,[object Object],Reforms systems within the EU, makes the EU’s human rights charter legally binding and creates new roles in the EU’s foreign policy area.,[object Object],Effectively makes the EU more centralised and integrated.,[object Object],See if you can find the EU’s foreign policy area in the diagram above.,[object Object]

The Lisbon Treaty,[object Object],[object Object]

Came into force December 1, 2009, once Ireland had agreed.,[object Object]

Interesting Fact!!!,[object Object],Merkel topped Forbes magazine's list of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.,[object Object]

Angela Merkel, a Russian-speaking, politically overbearing and extremely efficient German physicist, has had an essential role in integrating Europe in the last 20 years.,[object Object],As she has moved through the political landscape in her native Germany, she has been an influential symbol of her nation’s reunification.,[object Object],Summary,[object Object]

Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel

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