Always Quote by Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

For German Social Democracy, Europe is vital to the national interest.

— Martin Schulz

If it's in the German interest to have good trans-Atlantic relations, well, the task is also to look ahead, but our personal - that…

— Angela Merkel

I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.

— Anonymous

Germany will continue to play a central - perhaps even a more important - role in the European Union. I think that we will…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

We intend to continue our interest in the affairs of Europe and of the world.

— James F. Byrnes

I hope that a German foreign policy in 2028 will be part of a European foreign policy, because even the strong country of Germany…

— Sigmar Gabriel

The German-French friendship is indispensable for Europe. And I will never let myself be carried away to making statements that would change it.

— Francois Hollande

Germany has to put the broader European interest on the same level as its own national interest, or the euro is toast.

— John Lanchester

I'm not a lukewarm European. I know that the German-French friendship is indispensable, no matter who the countries' leaders are.

— Francois Hollande

We would have to make clear to our German ally our disagreement on three points: treatment of the occupied countries, excesses towards the Jews,…

— Ugo Cavallero

I really and definitely think that France has the capability to come forward. The EU should maintain their own position, without influence.

— Ali Larijani

Germany is our fatherland; Europe is our future.

— Helmut Kohl