A German politician has unleashed a new weapon to soften up voters in Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel's bust displayed on a poster, alongside her own.
Vera Lengsfeld, 57, has ruffled feathers in Mrs Merkel's conservative Christian Democrat (CDU) party with the unauthorised CDU election poster.
"We have more to offer" is the slogan on the poster, 750 copies of which were hung in Kreuzberg district of Berlin. Mrs Lengsfeld faces an uphill struggle against a popular Green politician.
"I needed to come up with something to even be noticed," Mrs Lengsfeld said, adding that the posters had massively boosted traffic to her website.
She is hoping to win a parliamentary seat in Germany's 27 September general elections. But the incumbent Green politician Hans-Christian Stroebele has won twice previously in the Kreuzberg district. The shot of Mrs Merkel sporting an evening gown with plunging neckline was taken at the 2008 opening of Oslo's opera house.
Some of the posters have been stolen as souvenirs since they went up on Sunday. A CDU spokesman said Mrs Lengsfeld's poster campaign had not been agreed with the party. And the CDU women's arm chided Mrs Lengsfeld, saying, "We don't need to do things like this any more."
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
German bride spends first night with crate of vodka
A bride in Germany spent her wedding night passed out next to a crate of vodka in the back seat of a car and had to be rescued by police when the BMW began to overheat in the sun.
Police in the western city of Cologne said on Monday the inebriated 30-year-old remained unconscious even after they smashed the car window to get her out.
"Only after being shaken several times did she eventually regain consciousness," police said in a statement.
Still clad in her wedding dress, the dazed woman had to scramble through the broken window because she had no idea where the car keys or her husband were, police said.
Police in the western city of Cologne said on Monday the inebriated 30-year-old remained unconscious even after they smashed the car window to get her out.
"Only after being shaken several times did she eventually regain consciousness," police said in a statement.
Still clad in her wedding dress, the dazed woman had to scramble through the broken window because she had no idea where the car keys or her husband were, police said.
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
German star Michael Schumacher slimming down for comeback
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher says he is slimming down for his Formula One comeback and that the only problem is a little pain in his neck.
Schumacher, 40, retired at the end of the 2006 season but has agreed to return to his old team Ferrari temporarily while Felipe Massa recovers from injuries he suffered in a life-threatening crash during qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix ten days ago.
Schumacher's first race is expected to be the European Grand Prix in Valencia on Aug. 23. He has made his comeback contingent on passing a medical checkup.
Schumacher had a motorcycle crash in February in which he suffered a neck injury.
Neck injuries are particularly problematic for F1 drivers because of the enormous strain on their necks because of the high G-forces they must endure during high speed cornering. But despite his neck problem, Schumacher declared he was keen to get back on the track.
"It's on! I accepted the challenge. And as you all know, I really love challenges. It seems as if my fans would love them, too," the German driver said.
Schumacher, 40, retired at the end of the 2006 season but has agreed to return to his old team Ferrari temporarily while Felipe Massa recovers from injuries he suffered in a life-threatening crash during qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix ten days ago.
Schumacher's first race is expected to be the European Grand Prix in Valencia on Aug. 23. He has made his comeback contingent on passing a medical checkup.
Schumacher had a motorcycle crash in February in which he suffered a neck injury.
Neck injuries are particularly problematic for F1 drivers because of the enormous strain on their necks because of the high G-forces they must endure during high speed cornering. But despite his neck problem, Schumacher declared he was keen to get back on the track.
"It's on! I accepted the challenge. And as you all know, I really love challenges. It seems as if my fans would love them, too," the German driver said.
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