Angela Merkel Quotes

We have to ensure politically that what’s doable can indeed by translated into law, but what’s not doable mustn’t become European law. Otherwise, the auto industry will work somewhere with higher carbon emissions – and we can’t want that.

– Angela Merkel

Sometimes I can’t stop myself from buying things just because I see them – even when I don’t really need them.

– Angela Merkel

During the course of 1989, more and more East Germans lost their fears of the state’s repression and chicanery and went out on the streets. There was no turning back then. It is thanks to their courage the Wall was opened.

– Angela Merkel

I am for our not having any discrimination in tax legislation.

– Angela Merkel

I never felt the GDR was my home country.

– Angela Merkel

We need a really credible perspective toward long-term de-carbonization.

– Angela Merkel

Industrialised countries must take the responsibility of helping poorer countries in the climate change action plan.

– Angela Merkel

That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

– Angela Merkel

Germany’s strength lies largely in the fact that the Federal Republic is a center of industry and that it’s an export nation.

– Angela Merkel

I’ve often made critical comments about settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank and in east Jerusalem, and my position hasn’t changed. At the same time, it’s equally important to me that the two sides, both Israel and the Palestinians, work towards a durable peace settlement: that’s to say a viable two-state solution.

– Angela Merkel

Multiculturalism leads to parallel societies and therefore remains a ‘life lie.’

– Angela Merkel

It will not be possible to solve the current crisis with euro bonds.

– Angela Merkel

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