Angela Merkel

German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats, Angela Merkel reacts during a news conference after the party's weekly executive committee meeting in Berlin, Germany, Monday, May 23, 2011. Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party slipped behind the environmentalist Greens to third place in a state election in Bremen on Sunday, its worst result in Bremen in over 50 years. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German Chancellor and chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats, Angela Merkel reacts during a news conference after the party's weekly executive committee meeting in Berlin, Germany, Monday, May 23, 2011. Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative party slipped behind the environmentalist Greens to third place in a state election in Bremen on Sunday, its worst result in Bremen in over 50 years. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)