The digital world creates situation where there are no secrets anymore.

The substance of the constitution is preserved. That is a fact.

The plurality of German campaign formats, including the televised debates, reflect that we in Germany don't directly vote for a person like in the United States or in France, but for parties. We have a different system.

For 10 years, I have fought passionately for climate protection.

To be serious, if we were only interested in earning big money then a politician would have to go and work in industry.

Only our own strength, a strong conservative party, can prevent Red-Red-Green from taking power at the federal level in 2017.

I believe that we do not share as many values with Russia yet as we do with the United States. On the other hand, we have a strong interest in Russia developing in a reasonable direction.