Merkel And Sarkozy Attend French-German Friendship Meeting(Hans-Gert Poettering)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets Hans-Gert Poettering, President of the European Parliament, at a European elections rally of the Junge Union (Young Union, the youth organization of the German Christian Democrats) with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at Sony Center on May 10, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. The Junge Union was holding the rally as part of a German-French friendship meeting. European Union member states will hold elections for the European parliament in June. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Angela Merkel;Hans-Gert Poettering

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