The willingness to learn new skills is very high.

I am not here for women only, but also for women.

I think we live in a period of profound transformation. Very similar to when we had a transition from agricultural societies to industrial societies.

One can remain more sure-footed by taking small steps, but perhaps achieve greater speed by taking bigger steps. Of course, one also runs the risk of setting out in a completely erroneous direction. Surely the important thing isn't the length of our steps, but that the objective is clear.

We have shared those values, we continue to share those values and obviously, we will continue to cooperate with the new administration [of the U.S].

We have very stable mechanisms of conflict resolution in terms of labor relations, we have a very good transportation infrastructure, we provide our children with an excellent education and the gap between rich and poor in Germany is relatively narrow. On the other hand, we have trouble accepting change.

The land of unlimited opportunity was for me, for a long time, impossible to reach. The wall, barbed wire and the order to shoot at those who tried to leave limited my access to the free world.