epa03751951 US President Barack Obama (L) and German chancellor Angela Merkel raise their glasses for a toast during a dinner at the Chralottenburg palace in Berlin Wednesday, June 19, 2013. A state dinner was arranged on the occasion of US President Barack Obama’s first official visit to Berlin as US President. Obama gave a speech to an invitation-only crowd in the city’s central Pariser Platz, in front of the Brandenburg Gate. EPA/MICHAEL SOHN / POOL +++(c) dpa – Bildfunk+++