There are achievements of European integration that cannot be haggled over: for example the principle of free movement and the principle of non-discrimination.
We have a duty as the state to protect our economy... We are for the protection of intellectual property.
Climate change knows no borders. It will not stop before the Pacific islands and the whole of the international community here has to shoulder a responsibility to bring about a sustainable development.
There are 1600 German companies active in India, and some of them are more than 100 years old. Our companies value India as a location for manufacturing and as a market.
This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed.
Multiculturalism leads to parallel societies and therefore remains a 'life lie.'
The willingness to learn new skills is very high.
We are a country based on democracy, tolerance, and openness to the world.
I am for registered civil partnerships.
Let me say this on a personal note. Without the United States of America, I would in all probably not be able to stand here before you today.
Industrialised countries must take the responsibility of helping poorer countries in the climate change action plan.
On the one hand, the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or not. I think it is a right idea to stage a special summit, which would deal with the question of priorities of European politics.
I see nothing that points to a recession in Germany. But I see considerable long-term tasks ahead of us that have to do with markets regaining confidence in Europe and that have a lot to do with reducing debt.
Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world.
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.
IT companies in Bangalore are a reliable engine of development for India.
We need... to say to people that this is a temporary residential status, and we expect that, once there is peace in Syria again, once IS has been defeated in Iraq, that you go back to your home country with the knowledge that you have gained.
At the beginning of the 60's our country called the foreign workers to come to Germany and now they live in our country. We kidded ourselves a while, we said: 'They won't stay, sometime they will be gone.' But this isn't reality.
Spying among friends is never acceptable.
I have a relatively sunny spirit, and I always had the expectation that my path through life would be relatively sunny, no matter what happened. I have never allowed myself to be bitter.