For me emancipation will only be truly reached if a woman can wear makeup and skirts without having her abilities doubted as a result.

A quota for women always amounts to a failure of politics. For me, economics is first and foremost the ability to act freely without state rules. That's why I believe quotas should only be used as a last resort.

I don't agree with a core statement by most feminists, the statement by Simone de Beauvoir: "One is not born a woman, one becomes one." Even as a schoolgirl I wasn't convinced by the claim that gender has nothing to do with biology and is only shaped by one's environment.

Conservative feminism is such an artificial term that doesn't mean much to me. For me conservatism means accepting reality. I acknowledge that there are differences between men and women.

When it comes to family policies, you are dealing with very private issues. Still, my husband and I decided that we didn't want to make our private lives a matter of public discussion.

For me emancipation will only be truly reached if a woman can wear makeup and skirts without having her abilities doubted as a result.

I never wanted to express my independence by dressing in a particularly masculine way or appear particularly boyish.