Merkel Scores Political Wins, Gains in Polls in Her First Month
Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Angela Merkel, sworn in as Germany's first woman chancellor at the head of a shaky coalition, has gotten off to a successful start. In her first month in office, Merkel, 51, helped broker an agreement on the European Union budget, won speedy passage through parliament of measures to cut subsidies and end tax loopholes and saw the release of Susanne Osthoff, a German archaeologist who had been kidnapped in Iraq and held for three weeks. She's also benefiting from signs of revival in Europe's biggest economy.
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