279 Quotes by Angela Merkel

does have a clear mandate to govern this country.

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

The capacity of the European Union to integrate would be overstretched if Turkey were offered full membership. We want friendly relations with Turkey but, mainly, we want honest relations.

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.

The campaign is over and now the point is to form a stable government. We, the Christian Democratic alliance (CDU/CSU), have been given the mandate as strongest parties,

An institution like Guantanamo in its present form cannot and must not exist in the long term. We must find different ways of dealing with prisoners. As far as I'm concerned there's no question about that.

All we campaigned for ahead of the election has not suddenly become wrong,

Implementing parts of European constitution and leaving out others - without knowing where we're going - isn't an option. That would be detrimental to the overall balance, which is why we must embark on another comprehensive discussion of the issue once again. I would like to see Europe retain the idea of a constitution in the end, and I plan to campaign on its behalf.

There's a rumour going around that states cannot go bankrupt. This rumour is not true.