It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment..

We have freedom to demonstrate in Germany, but there is no place for incitement and insulting people who come to us from other countries..

I am not here for women only, but also for women..

The question is: Would there be a market in Germany for certain types of employment if one were to allow the employed person to earn less than is nec….

I think that the EU with the Lisbon agenda has put the right emphasis on growth and employment..

If I run a time-limited test program, I'll never discover whether markets with additional employment truly exist. A solution in the low-wage sector c….

I'm very pleased this military engagement together with a political road map that we developed, we were able to continue. We want to bring about a po….

This conclusion of trade agreements that go beyond the scope of mere tariff agreements, customs agreements, are most important and I'm very pleased w….

We were able to conclude a Paris climate agreement, which will lead the way for the rest of the world, which is groundbreaking. And together with the….

At this time - we're in a dramatic crisis - euro bonds are precisely the wrong answer. They lead us into a debt union, not a stability union. Each co….

I am courageous at the decisive moment. But I need a good deal of start-up time, and I try to take as much as possible into consideration beforehand..

That makes me think of the 2002 World Cup Final above all else. Nobody thought at the time that our team would get through to the Final against Brazi….

Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures..

As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU..

The markets want to force us to do certain things. That we won't do. Politicians have to make sure that we're unassailable, that we can make policy f….

I have great respect for press freedoms. At the same time, however, a politician also has the freedom to decide whether he or she will accept an invi….

Through the threat of IS, we recognize how important the cooperation with intelligence services (inaudible) first and foremost also with the services….

If we remind ourselves of the fact that every fifth American today rightly points and perhaps also with a certain degree of pride to his German ances….

This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed..

Globalization - and I think we share this conviction - is that globalization needs to be shaped politically, it needs to be given a human face, but w….

My life changed completely in 1989 with the fall of the wall..