Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel
Angela Dorothea Merkelis a German stateswoman and former research scientist. Merkel has been the Chancellor of Germany since 2005, and the leader of the Christian Democratic Unionsince 2000...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth17 July 1954
CityHamburg, Germany
CountryGermany
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It is not just meeting the ... criteria - this is a question of justice for the future, ... For me it is a question of destiny.
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As economic policy advisor to a new German government and head of a council for growth and innovation, (von Pierer) will bring with him huge expertise and vast experience.
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To exclude groups of people because of their faith, this isn't worthy of the free state in which we live. It isn't compatible with our essential values. And its humanly reprehensible, xenophobia, racism, extremism have no place here. We are fighting to ensure that they don't have a place elsewhere either.
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When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.
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It's not five minutes to midnight. It's five minutes after midnight.
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This (multicultural) approach has failed, utterly failed,
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The substance of the constitution is preserved. That is a fact.
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It will not be possible to solve the current crisis with euro bonds.
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The Freedom Bell in Berlin is, like the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, a symbol which reminds us that freedom does not come about of itself. It must be struggled for and then defended anew every day of our lives.
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The G7 and former G8 group has always viewed itself as a community of values, the annexation of Crimea, which is a blatant violation of the principles of international law, and the events in eastern Ukraine are serious violations of these common values.
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We stand by the constitution. The pause for reflection is not an excuse for putting it aside,
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We still need to push back that moment where I'd say I'm happy, ... But I'm very satisfied.
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I have just explained my idea of how a constructive period of reflection, one that would send a clear message to the citizens of Europe: You should now what our priorities are. For Germany this means: Unemployment is one of one of our biggest problems.