The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has appointed the country's first female Defense Minister. SDhe's Ursula von der Leyen, currently Labour Minister and a mother of seven. Chancellor Merkel was unveiling her new cabinet after the centre-left Social Democrats voted to join a grand coalition with her centre-right bloc. Stephen Evans reports from Berlin. "The headline may be the appointment of the Germany's first female Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, but other appointments may be more significant in terms of policy. ______________________ In terms of policy, the big change may be the new Foreign Minister from the Social Democrats Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The SPD is thought to be keener on reaching an accommodation with Russia despite concerns about President Putin's record on civil rights." 德国总理安吉拉`默克尔任命了该国的首位女防长.乌尔苏拉` 冯`德莱恩,现任劳工部长,育有7名子女.就在左翼社会民主党投票决定与默克尔的右翼集团组成联盟政府后,默克尔总理公布了其新内阁成员.史蒂芬.埃文斯从柏林发回的报道.今天的头条可能是关于德国首位女防长乌尔苏拉` 冯`德莱恩的任命,但从政策方面来讲,其它任命或许更具意义.___________________________在政策方面来讲,有一个大的变化,就是来自社会民主党的弗兰克 -沃尔特.施泰因迈尔担任德国新外长.尽管普遍担忧普京的人权纪录,但社会民主党依然被认为更热衷与俄罗斯达成和解.
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