279 Quotes by Angela Merkel

For those who share my view that the Jews as a people have a right to self-determination, Zionism as a national movement of the Jewish people is the embodiment of this very right, which its opponents want to deny.

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.

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

India needs jobs, Germany needs people, and collaboration is crucial to meet the demographic needs of both countries.

We will be very persistent when it comes to enforcing freedom, justice, and self-determination on the European continent.

Former president Wulff said Islam belongs to Germany. That is true. I also hold this opinion.

The goal of our actions is and will remain a sovereign and territorially intact Ukraine that can decide its own future.

Free access to the single market will be granted to a country which accepts the four fundamental freedoms of movement of people, goods, services, and capital.

We've stated very clearly that no negotiating chapters between the European Union and Turkey will be concluded before the Ankara Protocol is complied with: that's to say before Turkey grants all E.U. member states, including Cyprus, access to its ports.