The biggest event on the diplomatic calendar is the annual G8 summit meeting, especially since Japan is the host nation this year.

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The G8 summit meeting was meant to be the prologue to what is an even more important though as yet undetermined date on the political calendar.

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In addition, Merkel allied Germany with the U.S. to oppose Iran's nuclear activities, and she was vocal on energy security at the G8 summit meeting this summer, where she was the only female leader at the table.

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