This memoclip illustrates some major events between 1990 and 2020 with Angela MERKEL in relation with the European Parliament.

Brussels

Strasbourg

European Parliament

EU - Germany (T)

MERKEL, Angela (DE)

KOHL, Helmut (DE)

BARROSO, Jose Manuel (PT, EC President)

SCHULZ, Martin (S&D, DE)

PÖTTERING, Hans-Gert (EPP, DE)

SASSOLI, David Maria (S&D, IT, S&D, IT)

HOLLANDE, François (FR)

REDING, Viviane (EPP, LU)

DAUL, Joseph (EPP, FR)

BORRELL FONTELLES, Josep (PSE, ES, EC)

Memoclip: Angela MERKEL and the European Parliament

Title: Memoclip: Angela MERKEL and the European Parliament

- 1990 - Press conference of Prime Minister of DDR at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. (2 shots)

- 2005 - Visit of Angela MERKEL the day after her nomination as German Federal Chancellor (23/11/2005) at the European Parliament in Brussels. Arrival, meeting with Josep BORRELL (former EP President)  (8 shots)

-2007- Visit of Angela MERKEL at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Arrival, meeting with Hans-Gert P&Ouml;TTERING (former EP President) (7 shots)

SOUNDBITE (German), Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor, I am committed to adopting a roadmap for the further process of the Constitutional Treaty at the end of the German Presidency.

-2007- Angela MERKEL is attending the plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Arrival, entering the hemicycle, meeting with Hans-Gert P&Ouml;TTERING (former EP President) (9 shots)

-2007-  50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome (25/03/2007) in Berlin. Signature with Angela MERKEL, Hans-Gert P&Ouml;TTERING (former EP President), Jos&eacute; Manuel BARROSO (former EC President) (2 shots) 

-2007-  50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome (25/03/2007) in Berlin. Family photo with the EU heads of state. (4 shots)

-2007- Schuman medal ceremony at the European Parliament in Brussels. Presentation, Angela MERKEL receiving the medal from Joseph DAUL (former President of the EPP Group and Party ) (4 shots)

SOUNDBITE (German), Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor, Thank you. Really it is a great, great honour and I am very touched that you awarded me this medal.

-2007- Ceremony on the Roaming regulation at the European Parliament in Brussels. Greetings between Angela MERKEL and Viviane REDING (former EU Commissioner and former member of the European Parliament) (2 shots)

SOUNDBITE (German), Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor, This one here. Anyone who owns this will be able to make easier calls from one European country to another in the future. Making calls cheaper above all.

-2007- LEX signature of the Roaming regulation at the European Parliament in Brussels. Angela MERKEL is signing (4 shots)

SOUNDBITE (German), Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor, Now the Reform Treaty can enter into force in time for the 2009 European elections. And this is of the utmost importance to all those who will come before the citizens.

-2015- Informal meeting between Angela MERKEL, Fran&ccedil;ois HOLLANDE (former French President) and Martin SCHULZ  (former EP President) at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Arrival, roundtable, signature. (12 shots) 

SOUNDBITE (German), Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor, We will continue to have a lot of persuasion for our Europe. I am glad that after centuries of war and hatred between our two peoples. Dear Fran&ccedil;ois Hollande, we are both fighting together today for the same goals.

-2016- Inauguration of  "Europa Experience" with Angela MERKEL. The exhibition in the European House in Berlin. (6 shots) 

-2017- European ceremony in honour of former Chancellor of Germany Helmut KOHL, honorary citizen of Europe, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. (4 shots) 

SOUNDBITE (German), Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor, Dear German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, that I stand here. You have a decisive part in this. Thank you for the chances you gave me. Thank you for the chances you have opened up to many others. Thank you for the opportunities you have given us as Germans and Europeans. You've accomplished an infinite amount. May you rest in peace.

- 2020 - Plenary session in the European Parliament in Brussels. Presentation of the programme of activities of the German Presidency. Arrival of Angela MERKEL, press conference with David SASSOLI (EP President) (3 shots)

SOUNDBITE (German), Angela MERKEL, German Federal Chancellor, Of course, a different presidency presented us before Corona and as you just said, people are still under the influence of this pandemic. Many, many people have died. We think of the victims, but we are also working for the future and that is why Germany has set itself the motto together to make Europe strong again.

- 2020 - In the European Parliament in Brussels. Signature of the Golden Book by Angela MERKEL and with the presence of David SASSOLI (EP President) (2 shots)