Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

Europe cannot be only the receiver of strategic decisions of others, that is China or the U.S.A. We have to be strong…

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

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

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

The CDU is a party with more than 400,000 members. The fact that each one has a different opinion is what makes…

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

There comes a time in everybody's life when it's no longer enough to point and say he or she should do it,…

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

I have to do my work as party leader and that's what I'm concentrating on.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

Spain is an example of how hard it is for a conservative party to campaign for elections if the suspicion is fueled…

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

I support social market economy. But it only works if there is fair competition.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

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

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

I have read a lot about what I am and who I am: 'mini,' a copy, simply 'more of the same.' Dear…

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

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

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

If there is a sport that I'm not particularly fond of, then it is synchronized swimming.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

Being a people's party cannot mean being a kind of all-purpose political shop that offers something for everyone.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

When it comes to me, I can rule out that I am scheming for a change.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

For a long time, perhaps too long, we believed that the world around us would become more and more peaceful, and the…

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

Anything that keeps the U.K. close to the E.U. and best of all, in the E.U., would make me personally very happy.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

When Presidents Trump, Putin and Erdogan are mentioned in the same breath here in Germany, as they are all too often, this…

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

My goal is to unite the party, to bring it together.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

We have to acknowledge and discuss with citizens that Germany needs to take on more responsibility. One of the questions is, 'Can…

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

There are high hurdles for expelling someone from a party, and with good reason.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

We need strategic strength for our industry, technology and innovation, a sense of security for our European citizens and common foreign and…

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

We need to be at the forefront of technological development again.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

I believe that we must attach greater importance to the issue of industrial policy in Europe.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

I am a big fan of the following priorities: first the country, then the party and then the person. I believe that…

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

You always stand on the shoulders of your predecessor.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

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

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer