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.

Russia is Germany's most important neighbor in the East, and it will remain so.

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.

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

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 Christian Democrats always made you feel like the poor relation.

George Bush was for me the most important ally on the road to German unity.