Germany Approves EU Bailout Fund Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) smiles surrounded by MPs holding their ballots on September 29, 2011 at the Lower House of German Parliament in Berlin. ( JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC