Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich comes in for serious criticism for having his head too much in the 18th century and not the 21st. (Scott Olson/AFP/Getty Images)
Perfectly balanced pair - Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Nicolas Sarkozy agree to a rescue plan for the euro zone centered on balanced budgets. (Julien M. Hekimian/AFP/Getty Images)
Merkel and Sarkozy call for legally enforced balanced budgets for euro states as the way out of the crisis. Congressional Republicans can only watch in envy.
"We're not just talking about a fiscal union but starting to create one," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "I believe you can't overestimate the importance of this step."
Angela Merkel prepares to tell the German Bundestag the only way out of the euro mess is through deeper fiscal ties with their more profligate European partners. (Sean Gallup/AFP/Getty Images)
Europe's Big Three: Merkel, Sarkozy and Draghi call for fiscal union to check the euro zone debt crisis.
Chancellor Merkel is constantly under the spotlight but now the glare is growing brighter as the bond markets are beginning to attack Germany. Will this force the Chancellor and her colleagues to change their policy on allowing the European Central Bank to be more proactive in solving the euro zone debt crisis? (HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/AFP/Getty Images)
Thanksgiving in Europe has a hollow ring as the economic crisis inside and outside the euro zone bites
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are shown kissing in this advertisement. What are the chances of a photo of Merkel kissing David Cameron ever making it into a Benetton ad? (PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images)
Cameron and Merkel meet to discuss euro zone crisis
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