I Believe That We Will Move Forward

We Europeans Must Really Take Our Destiny Into Our Own Hands, Of Course In Friendship With The United States, In Friendship With Great Britain, With Other Neighbors Wherever Possible, Also With Russia. But We Must Know That We Need To Fight For Our Future Ourselves, As Europeans, For Our Destiny.

From This Experience We Have Learned That In A Big Party It Is Important To Have The Necessary And Often Controversial Discussions On Policy Issues Such As The Health System While In Opposition.

When It Comes To Human Dignity, We Cannot Make Compromises.

We Cannot Stand Alone. With 80 Million People In This World Of Today, You Cannot, When You Just Stand On Your Own, Achieve Much Even Though You May Be Economically Strong.

On The Issue Past Of Independence Of Germany, After The Time Of National Socialism, Germany Has Been Given An Enormous Amount Of Help Particularly And Also From The United States Of America. A Fact That We Were Able To Enjoy German Unification Is Due First And Foremost To The Help Of The United States Of America.