I Am Courageous At The Decisive Moment.

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 Sector Cannot Be A Limited Special Program.

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.

So Europe Needs To Be Competitive And We Also Need To Be Competitive If We Wish To Remain An Interesting Economic Partner For The United States. This Has To Be Done On The Basis Of Strength, Of Competitiveness.

Overcoming The Cold War Required Courage From The People Of Central And Eastern Europe And What Was Then The German Democratic Republic, But It Also Required The Steadfastness Of Western Partner Over Many Decades When Many Had Long Lost Hope Of Integration Of The Two Germanys And Europe.

I Might Bend, But I Will Never Break Because It's In My Nature As A Strong Woman.