CDU leader Merkel poses with her advisory team in Berlin.
Angela Merkel (2R), leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) poses with her advisory team in Berlin August 17, 2005. The team members are: Norbert Lammert, Guenther Beckstein, Gerda Hasselfeldt, Wolfgang Schaeuble, Peter Mueller, Ursula von der Leyen, Annette Schavan, Dieter Althaus, Paul Kirchhof and Bavarian state premier Edmund Stoiber (L-R). Merkel unveiled a team of experts on Wednesday that will advise her in the run-up to a September 18 election. The slogan reads 'Better for our country'. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch FAB/CVI