Angela Merkel

Statesman

1954-07-17

Quotes by Angela Merkel

• Solidarity and competitiveness are the two sides of a European coin.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Spying among friends is never acceptable.

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• When I'm stirring a saucepan, I don't say to myself, 'Now the chancellor is stirring a saucepan.'

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• I'm someone who is very supportive of us eliminating all discrimination.

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• 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.

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• For somebody who comes from Europe, I can only say if we give up this principle of territorial integrity of countries, then we will not be able to maintain the peaceful order of Europe that we've been able to achieve.

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• Multiculturalism leads to parallel societies and therefore remains a 'life lie.'

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• 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.

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• Here we have the Schengen agreement, and the truth is that for years we trusted each other and set border controls on the outer borders of the European Union. And as was the case with the economic and monetary union, with this step, regarding the management of the Schengen area, we did not go all the way in terms of political solutions.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• We're saying this to both countries: We want a two-state solution. We want a Jewish state of Israel and alongside a independent Palestinian state. Unilateral measures are not helping at all to bring about this cause, and we agree that we wish to cooperate very closely on this, because as we both say, time is of the essence.

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• Today's Russia is not to be compared with the Soviet Union of back then.

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• We work well together with the United Kingdom - particularly, perhaps, when we talk about new rules for the European Union.

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• This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed.

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