Eurobonds are absolutely wrong. In order to bring about common interest rates, you need similar competitiveness levels, similar budget situations. Yo….

Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority..

So Europe needs to be competitive and we also need to be competitive if we wish to remain an interesting economic partner for the United States. This….

I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballers. For example, athletes train at least as hard ….

Foreign policy that is obviously guided by interests, but that is very much also committed to shared values, so we have a platform, democracy, freedo….

Ever since Germany was able to regain its unity, it is in an even stronger position to give its contribution to upholding this order to which we feel….

Personally, I think that for example the chemical directive in its present form does too much damage to the chemical industry - especially the medium….

Just because times change and alot of people think that dating multiple people is the thing these days, it just isn't a solid foundation at all in ma….

Ladies, it is not your education, status or personality that has brought you here but the elegance of God which was still and still working upon you..

We believe in the rights of every individual to seek his fortune, in respect for others and in tolerance. Let us reply to the terrorists by resolutel….

Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world..

If Europe today accounts for just over 7 per cent of the world's population, produces around 25 per cent of global GDP and has to finance 50 per cent….

Don't get bogged down by life and other people's problems or hang ups..

One can remain more sure-footed by taking small steps, but perhaps achieve greater speed by taking bigger steps. Of course, one also runs the risk of….

We can't constantly explain to our voters that taxpayers have to be on the hook for certain risks, rather than those who make a lot of money taking t….

...climate change is accelerating. It threatens our well being, our security, and our economic development. It will lead to uncontrollable risks and ….

I felt really sorry for Oliver Kahn. Up to that point he had made lots of saves for the German team. Of course he could have caught the ball but it j….

In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build t….

Nobody in Europe will be abandoned. Nobody in Europe will be excluded. Europe only succeeds if we work together..

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also ….

I am not an expert in this field but I do try to keep up to date with the Bundesliga. And I do follow World Cups and European Championships more clos….