List of Angela Merkel Quotes

From This Experience We Have Learned That In A Big Party It Is Important To Have The Necessary And Often Controversial Discussions On Policy Issues Such As The Health System While In Opposition.

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.

We Have Very Stable Mechanisms Of Conflict Resolution In Terms Of Labor Relations, We Have A Very Good Transportation Infrastructure, We Provide Our Children With An Excellent Education And The Gap Between Rich And Poor In Germany Is Relatively Narrow. On The Other Hand, We Have Trouble Accepting Change.

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.

It Is A Fact That, If I Single Out Germany, Our Rate Of Growth Is Too Low And We Have Very High Unemployment.

I Felt Really Sorry For Oliver Kahn. Up To That Point He Had Made Lots Of Saves For The German Team. Of Course He Could Have Caught The Ball But It Just Happened. It Was Bad Luck. In That Situation, You Need To Be Very Strong Psychologically To Carry On.

We Cannot Allow Employers In Germany To Pay Hourly Wages Of 50 Cents And Shift The Remainder Of The Burden To The Taxpayer. After All, We Want To Create Jobs, Not Open A Self-service Shop For Resourceful Employers.

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.

Eurobonds Are Absolutely Wrong. In Order To Bring About Common Interest Rates, You Need Similar Competitiveness Levels, Similar Budget Situations. You Don't Get Them By Collectivizing Debts.

It Is Nonsense To Say That Germans Are Unable To Change.

If Europe Today Accounts For Just Over 7 Per Cent Of The World's Population, Produces Around 25 Per Cent Of Global Gdp And Has To Finance 50 Per Cent Of Global Social Spending, Then It's Obvious That It Will Have To Work Very Hard To Maintain Its Prosperity And Way Of Life.

I Want Us To Be Able To Preserve Our Level Of Prosperity. We Must Constantly Remind Ourselves That Germany Has Been Eating Into Its Capital. It Is Only Through Successful Management That We Can Once Again Secure Our Foundation Of Prosperity And Social Security.