I am a politician, but I am also a Christian.

I don't want anybody to accuse me of taking advantage of the situation to pursue a particular political agenda.

There is a connection between the issue of refugees and the battle against the so-called Islamic State.

I see no constitutional problems with the identification, staving off and defusing of outside threats.

I am sympathetic to the fact that Turkey is doing everything it can to prevent the civil war in Syria from spilling over into its own country.

The Americans are and remain our best friends, but this is absolutely not right. We can't simply return to business as usual.

Security matters should not be entrusted to people who make decisions without weighing things up.