With political means and always trying to work for political settlements and this is what I'm going to continue to work on with all my heart.

I am courageous at the decisive moment. But I need a good deal of start-up time, and I try to take as much as possible into consideration beforehand.

...climate change is accelerating. It threatens our well being, our security, and our economic development. It will lead to uncontrollable risks and dramatic damage if we do not take resolute countermeasures.

When we, for example, see shifts of huge production lines from certain areas to other countries, people tend to ask the question, "Where's my place in this modern world?" We have this here, this tendency in our country, we have it in other countries.

Ladies, it is not your education, status or personality that has brought you here but the elegance of God which was still and still working upon you.

First, we need good, stable relations with Russia. Second, we must make every effort to save energy and focus on using various sources to meet our energy needs. We must not allow ourselves to become dependent.

In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.