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.
The euro is our common fate, and Europe is our common future.
If the euro fails, Europe fails.
Here we have the Schengen agreement, and the truth is that for years we trusted each other and set border controls on the outer borders of the European Union. And as was the case with the economic and monetary union, with this step, regarding the management of the Schengen area, we did not go all the way in terms of political solutions.
I personally hope and wish that Britain will stay part and parcel of the European Union.
We work well together with the United Kingdom - particularly, perhaps, when we talk about new rules for the European Union.
Greece wishes to be part of the eurozone, but it must, of course, go through with the necessary reforms to make this happen.
Nobody in Europe will be abandoned. Nobody in Europe will be excluded. Europe only succeeds if we work together.
Germany's strength lies largely in the fact that the Federal Republic is a center of industry and that it's an export nation.
Hatred, racism, and extremism have no place in this country.
I think it has been a tremendous feat on the part of East Germans since 1990 to adapt to everything changing.
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.
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.
It is nonsense to say that Germans are unable to change.
Whenever I was able to work with Hillary Clinton, it was a great pleasure.
To grow up in the neighborhood of handicapped people was an important experience for me. I learned back then to treat them in a very normal way.
We needed 40 years to overcome East Germany. Sometimes in history, one has to be prepared for the long haul and not ask after four months if it still makes sense to keep up our demands.
It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment.
This inclination to hoard is deeply ingrained in me because in the past, in times of scarcity, you took what you could get.
The goal of our actions is and will remain a sovereign and territorially intact Ukraine that can decide its own future.