I don't believe you are simply born with the ambition of becoming chancellor. But if you want to make a difference, if… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
If I run a time-limited test program, I'll never discover whether markets with additional employment truly exist. A solution in the low-wage… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Everyone wants a more simple tax system. But if this means that certain tax breaks have to be cut, people are no… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Europe can only hold together and stand together, which is very important in times of migration challenges, terrorism challenges, if each country… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
To be serious, if we were only interested in earning big money then a politician would have to go and work in… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
If it's in the German interest to have good trans-Atlantic relations, well, the task is also to look ahead, but our personal… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
The role of the opposition leader differs from that of the chancellor. If this government is to be successful, I have to… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
If you want to be constructive in politics, the less you look back, the better. If you do look back, then it… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
The question is: Would there be a market in Germany for certain types of employment if one were to allow the employed… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
This conclusion of trade agreements that go beyond the scope of mere tariff agreements, customs agreements, are most important and I'm very… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
If I may, to underline first of all that I am very much impressed that in spite of the very tough election… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
If Europe today accounts for just over 7 per cent of the world’s population, produces around 25 per cent of global GDP… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
I'm a person who acknowledges reality. I don't get up every morning and ask myself: What would I do differently if I… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
It is actually a very good thing, if after eight years of coverage the president of the United States [Barack Obama] says… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
If a market exists for low-paid work, then we should think about how we can make this type of work more attractive… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
If you've worked together with somebody very well, leave-taking is very difficult. But we are all politicians. We all know that democracy… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
...climate change is accelerating. It threatens our well being, our security, and our economic development. It will lead to uncontrollable risks and… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
History has often showed us the strength of the forces that are unleashed by the yearning for freedom. It moved people to overcome their… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
I don't believe you are simply born with the ambition of becoming chancellor. But if you want to make a difference, if you enjoy… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Freedom is the very essence of our economy and society. Without freedom the human mind is prevented from unleashing its creative force. But what… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
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.… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
From a German point of view, German-American and European-American relations are a pillar of our foreign policy. — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
The G7 and former G8 group has always viewed itself as a community of values, the annexation of Crimea, which is a blatant violation… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Particularly from a German perspective, from a European perspective, I can only say again, Russia is our neighbor. — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
The real problem is that the financial base for our social security system is shrinking because the number of normal jobs is falling. In… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
I'm very grateful that Barack Obama as president very much put protection of privacy on the agenda today, due to the fact of Islamist… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
So Europe needs to be competitive and we also need to be competitive if we wish to remain an interesting economic partner for the… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Just look at Poland, a sort of European perspective this has. So we have an interest in seeing this relationship be a good one.… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
