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Angela Merkel Quotes

You cannot fight the pandemic with lies and disinformation any more than you can fight it with hate or incitement to hatred. The limits of populism and denial of basic truths are being laid bare.

– Angela Merkel

German political leader and former scientist sticks the dagger into Trump.

Take it seriously. Since German unification, no, since the Second World War, there has been no challenge to our nation that has demanded such a degree of common and united action.

– Angela Merkel

German Chancellor on war against Covid-19.

Russia has nothing: no successful politics or economy.

– Angela Merkel

When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.

– Angela Merkel

More reforms will give more impetus to German industries to invest in India. German companies want to be treated on par with Indian companies, and creation of an equitable market is crucial for investments.

– Angela Merkel

We have a duty as the state to protect our economy… We are for the protection of intellectual property.

– Angela Merkel

The only thing the East German system taught us was that we should never do it that way again.

– Angela Merkel

I think that the EU with the Lisbon agenda has put the right emphasis on growth and employment.

– Angela Merkel

You can much better have an influence on the debate when you sit at the bargaining table and you can give input.

– Angela Merkel

I am for registered civil partnerships.

– Angela Merkel

This inclination to hoard is deeply ingrained in me because in the past, in times of scarcity, you took what you could get.

– Angela Merkel

I can say that we are very clear in our mind about the responsibility of the national soldiers for the break with civilisation that was the Shoah. We are firmly convinced that this is something that will have to be handed over to generations to come… so we don’t see any reason to change our view of history.

– Angela Merkel

We will have to accept a certain degree of legal immigration; that’s globalisation… In the era of the smartphone, we cannot shut ourselves away… people know full well how we live in Europe.

– Angela Merkel

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

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.

– Angela Merkel

Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.

– Angela Merkel

I have just explained my idea of how a constructive period of reflection, one that would send a clear message to the citizens of Europe: You should now what our priorities are. For Germany this means: Unemployment is one of one of our biggest problems.

– Angela Merkel

We believe that from both a German and a Polish perspective, it is desirable for Great Britain to remain in the European Union.

– Angela Merkel

Herr Schroder has conducted two electoral campaigns, and he is doing it again now, by not telling people what is really necessary. He keeps avoiding the difficult and uncomfortable issues, those that imply changes and therefore provoke discussions.

– Angela Merkel

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

Very early, it became clear to me that East Germany could not function.

– Angela Merkel

After the reunification, there was a certain sense of foreignness because daily life in the former East German states was completely turned inside out – everything from the shops to the bureaucracy to the working world.

– Angela Merkel

If you wish to have free access to the single market, then you have to accept the fundamental rights as well as obligation that come from it.

– Angela Merkel

Ukraine must be permitted to bring their own relief supplies safely to areas in the east of the country that are controlled by the separatists.

– Angela Merkel

I chose to pursue a career in physics because there the truth isn’t so easily bent.

– Angela Merkel

At German unification, we were lucky to get so much help from West Germany. Now, we have the good fortune of being able to help each other in Europe.

– Angela Merkel

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.

– Angela Merkel

I think it has been a tremendous feat on the part of East Germans since 1990 to adapt to everything changing.

– Angela Merkel

In many regions, war and terror prevail. States disintegrate. For many years, we have read about this. We have heard about it. We have seen it on TV. But we had not yet sufficiently understood that what happens in Aleppo and Mosul can affect Essen or Stuttgart. We have to face that now.

– Angela Merkel

I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We’ve always said German unity, European unity and integration, that’s two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness.

– Angela Merkel

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