Only Our Own Strength, A Strong Conservative

The People In East Germany Have Lived Through So Many Changes In The Last 15 Years Like Never Before In The Country, And They Did This Often With Great Enthusiasm. But In The West We Also Have A High Degree Of Transformations.

We Believe In The Rights Of Every Individual To Seek His Fortune, In Respect For Others And In Tolerance. Let Us Reply To The Terrorists By Resolutely Living Our Values And By Redoubling Those Values Across All Of Europe - Now More Than Ever.

The Fact That People Have Hijacked It Is Certainly Not Something That Fills Me With Great Joy. We Have To Find New Ways Of Addressing People, New Ways Of Getting Into Contact With People.

As A Woman With Strong Opinions Talking About Technology And Politics Is Not Always Welcome In Germany. Nope, It's More Like Having A Great Cheerleader Team Behind Me. People Who Follow My Journey Know I Have A Slightly Colorful Personality. The Rest Skipped Out Long Ago.

If A Market Exists For Low-paid Work, Then We Should Think About How We Can Make This Type Of Work More Attractive By Providing Government Assistance. Of Course, The Wage-earner Must Be Able To Live Off Of His Wages. We Will Not Allow Poverty Wages Or Dumping Wages. But The Wage Earner Can Receive A Combined Wage That Includes Both His Actual Wages And A Government Subsidy.