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The Chancellor's week in pictures

Berlin, 23.01.12: At the start of the week Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed Belgian Prime Minister Elio di Rupo with military honours in front of the Federal Chancellery.
  • Angela Merkel and Elio di Rupo share a joke as they inspect the guard of honour.
  • Angela Merkel and Elio di Rupo in discussion at the Federal Chancellery
  • Chancellor Angela Merkel; behind her a sign reads "euro"
  • Angela Merkel welcomes José Manuel Barroso and Herman van Rompuy on the red carpet in front of the Federal Chancellery
  • Angela Merkel in discussion with Herman van Rompuy and José Manuel Barroso (left to right)
  • Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Volker Wagner, President of the Federation of German Carnivals.
  • Chancellor Angela Merkel and Volker Wagner, President of the Federation of German carnivals, framed by Bonn's carnival Price and Princess
  • Group photo of the Chancellor with the dancers of the club Tanzsportverein Landau e.V.
  • Chancellor Angela Merkel at the lectern at the World Economic Forum
  • Chancellor Angela Merkel and the new Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on their way to the press conference at the Federal Chancellery
  • Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle at the reception for the diplomatic corps.
  • Chancellor Angela Merkel, Federal President Christan Wulff, Bundestag President Norbert Lammert and Holocaust survivor Marcel Reich-Ranicki on their way to the ceremony to honour the memory of the victims of National Socialism in the German Bundestag.