I Want Us To Be Able To

If You Want To Be Constructive In Politics, The Less You Look Back, The Better. If You Do Look Back, Then It Can Only Be To Learn For Yourself Through The Events That Have Taken Place.

Freedom Is The Very Essence Of Our Economy And Society. Without Freedom The Human Mind Is Prevented From Unleashing Its Creative Force. But What Is Also Clear Is That This Freedom Does Not Stand Alone. It Is Freedom In Responsibility And Freedom To Exercise Responsibility.

If A Market Exists For Low-paid Work, Then We Should Think About How We Can Make This Type Of Work More Attractive By Providing Government Assistance. Of Course, The Wage-earner Must Be Able To Live Off Of His Wages. We Will Not Allow Poverty Wages Or Dumping Wages. But The Wage Earner Can Receive A Combined Wage That Includes Both His Actual Wages And A Government Subsidy.

For My Part, In Everything I Do, I Aim To Strengthen Democracy In Germany And Beyond. The United States Is Also A Strong Democracy. As We Are Seeing In Poland, For Example, And Also In Hungary, It Is Important That We Have Counterweights In Democratic Systems, And I Believe They Are Still Strong In America.

Nobody In Europe Will Be Abandoned. Nobody In Europe Will Be Excluded. Europe Only Succeeds If We Work Together.