The European Union Treaty... within a few years will lead to the creation of what the founding fathers of modern Europe dreamed of after the war, the United States of Europe.

You didn't just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... Rather, you put yourself at the forefront of those who encouraged us on the way to unity.

The European Union Treaty... within a few years will lead to the creation of what the founding fathers of modern Europe dreamed of after the war, the United States of Europe.

I have been underestimated for decades. I've done very well that way.

We were united not only by political respect for each other, but also by deep mutual sympathy as people.

The Christian Democrats always made you feel like the poor relation.

Simon Wiesenthal, like few others personally felt the shadow of history in its brutality.