Angela Merkel

I always used the free room that the G.D.R. allowed me... There was no shadow over my childhood. ”

I've learned that even the word 'jubilee' used in connection with the Reformation can give rise to discussions. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”

Industrialised countries must take the responsibility of helping poorer countries in the climate change action plan. ”

We have shared responsibility for global climate; we have to reduce climate change below 2 degrees Celsius. ”

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. ”

The question is not whether we are able to change but whether we are changing fast enough. ”

It is nonsense to say that Germans are unable to change. ”