When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.
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.
Russia has nothing: no successful politics or economy.
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.
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.
Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.
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.
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.
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.
I come from a country in which I experienced economic collapse.
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.
In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.
I think that the EU with the Lisbon agenda has put the right emphasis on growth and employment.
It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment.
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.
Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority.
We know that our life of freedom is stronger than terror.
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.
Sometimes I can't stop myself from buying things just because I see them - even when I don't really need them.
We've stated very clearly that no negotiating chapters between the European Union and Turkey will be concluded before the Ankara Protocol is complied with: that's to say before Turkey grants all E.U. member states, including Cyprus, access to its ports.
We work well together with the United Kingdom - particularly, perhaps, when we talk about new rules for the European Union.
The goal of our actions is and will remain a sovereign and territorially intact Ukraine that can decide its own future.
When I'm stirring a saucepan, I don't say to myself, 'Now the chancellor is stirring a saucepan.'
India needs jobs, Germany needs people, and collaboration is crucial to meet the demographic needs of both countries.
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.
We need a really credible perspective toward long-term de-carbonization.
I believe those that produce the least emissions in autos will also be those who have the greatest success worldwide.
We have a duty as the state to protect our economy... We are for the protection of intellectual property.
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.
I chose to pursue a career in physics because there the truth isn't so easily bent.
Germany wants peaceful coexistence of Muslims and members of other religions.
We are a country based on democracy, tolerance, and openness to the world.
There is a lot that binds Germany to Turkey, and even if we have a difference of opinion on an individual matter, the breadth of our links, our friendship, our strategic ties, is great.
Nobody in Europe will be abandoned. Nobody in Europe will be excluded. Europe only succeeds if we work together.
Free access to the single market will be granted to a country which accepts the four fundamental freedoms of movement of people, goods, services, and capital.
Climate change knows no borders. It will not stop before the Pacific islands and the whole of the international community here has to shoulder a responsibility to bring about a sustainable development.