I will not let anyone tell me we must spend more money. This crisis did not come about because we issued too little money but because we created economic growth with too much money and it was not sustainable growth.
From Angela Merkel
For me, it is always important that I go through all the possible options for a decision.
The majority of decisions in Europe are done by unanimity. That's why it is important to be to have good relations with all parts.
Controversial disputes are a part of democratic culture.
To grow up in the neighborhood of handicapped people was an important experience for me. I learned back then to treat them in a very normal way.
We will have to accept a certain degree of legal immigration; that's globalisation... In the era of the smartphone, we cannot shut ourselves away... people know full well how we live in Europe.
We are a country based on democracy, tolerance, and openness to the world.
As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.
In the German football team players from different clubs need to get on with each other both on and off the pitch. In the grand coalition Christian Democrats and Social Democrats sit in the same boat and need to pull in the same direction.
The people in East Germany have lived through so many changes in the last 15 years like never before in the country, and they did this often with great enthusiasm. But in the West we also have a high degree of transformations.
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