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All Angela Merkel Quotes
In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.
Angela Merkel
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For a few years, more people have been leaving our country than entering it. Wherever it is possible, we must lower the entry hurdles for those who bring the country forward.
Angela Merkel
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Personally, I think that for example the chemical directive in its present form does too much damage to the chemical industry - especially the medium sized businesses - and will hurt our worldwide competitiveness.
Angela Merkel
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Today's Russia is not to be compared with the Soviet Union of back then.
Angela Merkel
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Thus, the focus on this main political goal must become more visible in EU politics and to achieve this, we need a political impulse. It must be clear what the priorities on the agenda are.
Angela Merkel
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The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests.
Angela Merkel
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I think that the EU with the Lisbon agenda has put the right emphasis on growth and employment.
Angela Merkel
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It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment.
Angela Merkel
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In the German football team players from different clubs need to get on with each other both on and off the pitch. In the grand coalition Christian Democrats and Social Democrats sit in the same boat and need to pull in the same direction.
Angela Merkel
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I feel sorry sometimes for these sportsmen and women who put in just as much effort as the footballers. For example, athletes train at least as hard as footballers but have to be happy if they can earn enough to finance a decent education.
Angela Merkel
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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.
Angela Merkel
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As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.
Angela Merkel
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It is nonsense to say that Germans are unable to change.
Angela Merkel
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We feel bound to the Christian image of humanity - that is what defines us. Those who do not accept this are in the wrong place here.
Angela Merkel
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Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority.
Angela Merkel
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