Implementing parts of European constitution and leaving out others - without knowing where we're going - isn't an option. That would be detrimental t….

It's not five minutes to midnight. It's five minutes after midnight..

The role of the opposition leader differs from that of the chancellor. If this government is to be successful, I have to take the emotional state of ….

The real problem is that the financial base for our social security system is shrinking because the number of normal jobs is falling. In other words,….

No bank should be allowed to become so big that it can blackmail governments..

An institution like Guantanamo in its present form cannot and must not exist in the long term. We must find different ways of dealing with prisoners.….

If you want to be constructive in politics, the less you look back, the better. If you do look back, then it can only be to learn for yourself throug….

I don't carry any early childhood trauma around with me, if that's what you're hinting at. The story of the bicycles - and there were three of them w….

I would like to see Russia develop as democratically as possible. But when we judge Russia we must also consider where the country is coming from. Ou….

Spying among friends is never acceptable..

The US military has achieved a decisive blow against al-Qaeda with its commando action against Osama Bin Laden and his killing..

Look forward to the future and look forward to the unknown. Nothing stays the same and people change. One day that hurt and pain will be a distant me….

The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects ….

The Freedom Bell in Berlin is, like the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, a symbol which reminds us that freedom does not come about of itself. It must b….

I feel like we are in a community of people who sign up for these values who try to maintain them and wherever they are not yet respected, to stand u….

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 gre….

Alliances are part of our destiny as a nation, part of our future as a nation and this is what guides me in my policy, what guides my government as a….

When we, for example, see shifts of huge production lines from certain areas to other countries, people tend to ask the question, "Where's my place i….

Freedom is the very essence of our economy and society. Without freedom the human mind is prevented from unleashing its creative force. But what is a….

It certainly is dangerous that there are only a few clubs left in Europe that can afford to pay millions. At the end of the day however, the spectato….

If it's in the German interest to have good trans-Atlantic relations, well, the task is also to look ahead, but our personal - that we have freedom o….