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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we look at where relations between the Soviet Union and Germany were in 1945 and where we stand now, then we have achieved so much.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
The goal of our actions is and will remain a sovereign and territorially intact Ukraine that can decide its own future.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ukraine must be permitted to bring their own relief supplies safely to areas in the east of the country that are controlled by the separatists.
- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have a duty as the state to protect our economy... We are for the protection of intellectual property.
- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I can't stop myself from buying things just because I see them - even when I don't really need them.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
This inclination to hoard is deeply ingrained in me because in the past, in times of scarcity, you took what you could get.
- Daily Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
After the reunification, there was a certain sense of foreignness because daily life in the former East German states was completely turned inside out - everything from the shops to the bureaucracy to the working world.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it has been a tremendous feat on the part of East Germans since 1990 to adapt to everything changing.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to know what I'd face next, even though that was maybe a bit detrimental to spontaneity. Structuring my life and avoiding chaos was more important.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
At German unification, we were lucky to get so much help from West Germany. Now, we have the good fortune of being able to help each other in Europe.
- Emerges
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is always the case that when something emerges - which, of course, from the perspective of the former West Germany looks very different - then people say, 'She hasn't told us this yet' and 'She hasn't told us that yet.' I don't know - maybe there are other things I didn't talk about because no one ever asked me.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
We needed 40 years to overcome East Germany. Sometimes in history, one has to be prepared for the long haul and not ask after four months if it still makes sense to keep up our demands.
- Industry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Germany's strength lies largely in the fact that the Federal Republic is a center of industry and that it's an export nation.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
In many regions, war and terror prevail. States disintegrate. For many years, we have read about this. We have heard about it. We have seen it on TV. But we had not yet sufficiently understood that what happens in Aleppo and Mosul can affect Essen or Stuttgart. We have to face that now.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a 7-year-old child, I saw the Wall being erected. No one - although it was a stark violation of international law - believed at the time that one ought to intervene militarily in order to protect citizens of the GDR and whole Eastern bloc, of the consequences of that - namely, to live in lack of freedom for many, many years.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've always had this experience that things take long, but I'm 100% convinced that our principles will in the end prevail. No one knew how the Cold War would end at the time, but it did end. This is within our living experience... I'm surprised at how fainthearted we sometimes are and how quickly we lose courage.
- Europe
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the euro fails, Europe fails.
- Democracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The G7 - and earlier, the G8 - were a group of countries that shared the same values with regard to freedom and democracy, and through the annexation of Crimea, Russia made it clear at a certain point that these values of keeping the peace, integrity of the borders of a country were not being respected.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
Greece wishes to be part of the eurozone, but it must, of course, go through with the necessary reforms to make this happen.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
We will be very persistent when it comes to enforcing freedom, justice, and self-determination on the European continent.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a relatively sunny spirit, and I always had the expectation that my path through life would be relatively sunny, no matter what happened. I have never allowed myself to be bitter.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always used the free room that the G.D.R. allowed me... There was no shadow over my childhood.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need... to say to people that this is a temporary residential status, and we expect that, once there is peace in Syria again, once IS has been defeated in Iraq, that you go back to your home country with the knowledge that you have gained.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Herr Schroder has conducted two electoral campaigns, and he is doing it again now, by not telling people what is really necessary. He keeps avoiding the difficult and uncomfortable issues, those that imply changes and therefore provoke discussions.
- Early Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 which were stolen from me - I've dealt with it well.
- Finance
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 as footballers but have to be happy if they can earn enough to finance a decent education.
- Priorities
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have just explained my idea of how a constructive period of reflection, one that would send a clear message to the citizens of Europe: You should now what our priorities are. For Germany this means: Unemployment is one of one of our biggest problems.
- I Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that the EU with the Lisbon agenda has put the right emphasis on growth and employment.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.
- Direction
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 spectators decide the rates of pay - by watching the games and consuming the goods and services advertised on sports TV programmes.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment.
- Nonsense
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is nonsense to say that Germans are unable to change.
- Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the one hand, the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or not. I think it is a right idea to stage a special summit, which would deal with the question of priorities of European politics.
- Hurt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Personally, I think that for example the chemical directive in its present form does too much damage to the chemical industry - especially the medium sized businesses - and will hurt our worldwide competitiveness.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Enthusiasm
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 core of their own interests.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
The question is not whether we are able to change but whether we are changing fast enough.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
The willingness to learn new skills is very high.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thus, the focus on this main political goal must become more visible in EU politics and to achieve this, we need a political impulse. It must be clear what the priorities on the agenda are.
- Knows
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 closely.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Forward
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a few years, more people have been leaving our country than entering it. Wherever it is possible, we must lower the entry hurdles for those who bring the country forward.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
We feel bound to the Christian image of humanity - that is what defines us. Those who do not accept this are in the wrong place here.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the beginning of the 60's our country called the foreign workers to come to Germany and now they live in our country. We kidded ourselves a while, we said: 'They won't stay, sometime they will be gone.' But this isn't reality.
- Multicultural
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- Nov 07, 2020
This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed.
- Ancestry
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 ancestry or her German ancestry, we can safely say that we, indeed, share common roots.
- Identity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.
- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me say this on a personal note. Without the United States of America, I would in all probably not be able to stand here before you today.
- Partner
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 has to be done on the basis of strength, of competitiveness.
- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody in Europe will be abandoned. Nobody in Europe will be excluded. Europe only succeeds if we work together.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eurobonds are absolutely wrong. In order to bring about common interest rates, you need similar competitiveness levels, similar budget situations. You don't get them by collectivizing debts.
- Politicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 for the people.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see nothing that points to a recession in Germany. But I see considerable long-term tasks ahead of us that have to do with markets regaining confidence in Europe and that have a lot to do with reducing debt.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
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 country has to take its own steps to reduce its debt.
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
Spying among friends is never acceptable.
- Civil
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am for registered civil partnerships.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Multiculturalism leads to parallel societies and therefore remains a 'life lie.'
- Chicanery
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the course of 1989, more and more East Germans lost their fears of the state's repression and chicanery and went out on the streets. There was no turning back then. It is thanks to their courage the Wall was opened.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Debate
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can much better have an influence on the debate when you sit at the bargaining table and you can give input.
- Defence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The European Army is our long-term goal. But first we have to strengthen the European Defence Union.
- Doubt
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no doubt the NATO-Russia Act should remain valid.
- Europe
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are many conflicting interests in Europe.
- Duty
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's my damn duty and obligation to do everything possible for Europe to find a united path.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know that our life of freedom is stronger than terror.
- Equitable
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- Nov 07, 2020
More reforms will give more impetus to German industries to invest in India. German companies want to be treated on par with Indian companies, and creation of an equitable market is crucial for investments.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
India needs jobs, Germany needs people, and collaboration is crucial to meet the demographic needs of both countries.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are 1600 German companies active in India, and some of them are more than 100 years old. Our companies value India as a location for manufacturing and as a market.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Germany stands in the fight against terrorism at France's side, united with many, many others. I am convinced that, despite all the difficulties, we shall win this fight.
- Israel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've spoken several times with Prime Minister Erdogan about relations between Turkey and Israel. I'm pleased that, following President Obama's visit to Israel, talks between Israel and Turkey are again taking place and hope that relations between them will further improve in the interest of both countries.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020