It's not five minutes to midnight. It's five minutes after midnight.

The full veil is not appropriate for Germans, and should be banned wherever legally possible.

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

It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment.

If I may, to underline first of all that I am very much impressed that in spite of the very tough election campaign, this transition period in the United States of America follows democratic principles and is all about the American people. It's about the destiny of the American 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.

The markets want to force us to do certain things. That we won't do. Politicians have to make sure that we're unassailable, that we can make policy for the people.