Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

My life won't be ruined if I don't achieve all of my political goals. ”

There comes a time in everybody's life when it's no longer enough to point and say he or she should do it, but you have to answer yourself... That's why I put myself at the party's service. ”

Spain is an example of how hard it is for a conservative party to campaign for elections if the suspicion is fueled that it wants to go into a coalition with the extreme right. ”

There are also parties in Germany that support leaving the E.U. Everyone can see in the example of Britain what consequences that would have. ”

With every wish to take Europe forward with a German-French nucleus, the proposals must always fit with German interests. ”

But I stand here as my own person, as a mother of three, as a former interior minister, state leader, who has served this land for 18 years and who has learned what it means to lead. And that leadership has more to do with inner strength than how loud you talk. ”

I am convinced that we need a stronger Europe that acts in a common agreement on the most crucial issues. For me these are safety, defense, innovation and the aim to maintain our well being. ”

Europe cannot be only the receiver of strategic decisions of others, that is China or the U.S.A. We have to be strong ourselves to shape the global rules. ”

Our feeling of community and security in Europe requires safe external borders. ”

That the CDU has different political views on the topic of redistribution, on the topic of uniform social standards... than the French have, that is nothing new. ”