Angela Merkel

Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel during the Summit of European People’s Party in Lisbon (Portugal), on Thursday, October 18th, 2007. Summit of European People’s Party passes before Summit of European Union in order for the leaders of countries of EU, which also are the leaders of Right parties, worked out general position on basic points about agenda of Summit of EU. It passes in quite informal atmosphere: the order of appearances, their official proclamation, is absent. Questions of agenda of Summit of European Council are discussed. Photo by Nikolay Lazarenko / POOL / UNIAN