If Europe today accounts for just over 7 per cent of the world's population, produces around 25 per cent of global GDP and has to finance 50 per cent of global social spending, then it's obvious that it will have to work very hard to maintain its prosperity and way of life.

We have [unfriendly policies] here in Europe, too. We have them here in Germany, too. And to take up where the president left off, digitization is in a way a disruptive force, a disruptive technological force that brings about deep-seated change, transformation of a society.

We must never forget our responsibilities as politicians to our country and its citizens. We must always remain humble before our people.

The fact that people have hijacked it is certainly not something that fills me with great joy. We have to find new ways of addressing people, new ways of getting into contact with people.

Budget consolidation and economic growth are two sides of the same coin.

Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century.

I approach this with - with an open mind and I'll do it on the basis of a deep conviction with President-elect Donald Trump.