Quotes by Angela Merkel

About Angela Merkel:

Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German politician and former research scientist who has been the Chancellor of Germany since 2005 and the Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2000. She is the first woman to hold either office.
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From this experience we have learned that in a big party it is important to have the necessary and often controversial discussions on policy issues such as the health system while in opposition.

Angela Merkel

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integ...

Angela Merkel

It is nonsense to say that Germans are unable to change.

Angela Merkel

The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests.

Angela Merkel

The question is not whether we are able to change but whether we are changing fats enough.

Angela Merkel

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.

Angela Merkel

The willingness to learn new skills is very high.

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

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

In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.

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The euro is our common fate, and Europe is our common future.

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Whoever decides to dedicate their life to politics knows that earning money isn't the top priority.

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That makes me think of the 2002 World Cup Final above all else. Nobody thought at the time that our team would get through to the Final against Brazil. We should remember that this summer.

Angela Merkel

At this time - we're in a dramatic crisis - euro bonds are precisely the wrong answer. They lead us into a debt union, not a stability union. Each country has to take its own steps to reduce its debt.

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We're saying this to both countries: We want a two-state solution. We want a Jewish state of Israel and alongside a independent Palestinian state. Unilateral measures are not helping at all to bring about this cause, and we agree that we wish to coop...

Angela Merkel

I will not let anyone tell me we must spend more money. This crisis did not come about because we issued too little money but because we created economic growth with too much money and it was not sustainable growth.

Angela Merkel

It certainly is dangerous that there are only a few clubs left in Europe that can afford to pay millions. At the end of the day however, the spectators decide the rates of pay - by watching the games and consuming the goods and services advertised on...

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

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.

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As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.

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Author Bio

  • NameAngela Merkel
  • DescriptionChancellor of Germany
  • AliasesAngela Dorothea Merkel; Angela Kasner; Angela Dorothea Kasner
  • BornJuly 17, 1954
  • CountryEast Germany
  • ProfessionPolitician
  • AwardsCharlemagne Prize; Order Of The Sun; Order Of Prince Henry; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; Eric-M.-Warburg-Award; German Media Award; Leo-Baeck-Medal; Heinz-Galinski-Award; Knight Grand Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of The Italian Republic; Leo-Baeck-Award (Germany); Grand Merit Cross Of The Federal Republic Of Germany; Jawaharlal Nehru Award For International Understanding; Indira Gandhi Prize; Robert Schuman Medal; Jawaharlal Nehru Award For International Understanding