Irresponsibility, cowardice, personal vanity, whining and chaos are becoming the maxims of political action. There is a stink in Berlin – a huge one!

The consolidation of the budget is, of course, the premise for all further political measures. We want to achieve the Maastricht criteria by 2007.

The course of the SPD and its reliability is not so clear anymore,

The course and the predictability of the SPD is no longer clear,

I believe I can draw on my experience in Bavaria to create a dynamic economy for the whole of Germany,

I propose to the Chancellor that... before this legislature is recessed, we make some necessary changes to the weapons law, such as raising the age of ownership for large-caliber weapons from 18 to 21,

In this altered situation, I have reached the decision that as the head of the party, I can better support the interests of the Christian Social Union in Munich.

The key to integration is a common language and that happens to be German here -- and we can demand that.

That's an absolute cheek. You won't win this elections this way.

I want to make clear that the SPD has to begin to understand that they did not win the election, they lost the vote.