Spying Among Friends Is Never Acceptable.

I Think We Live In A Period Of Profound Transformation. Very Similar To When We Had A Transition From Agricultural Societies To Industrial Societies.

I'm Very Grateful That Barack Obama As President Very Much Put Protection Of Privacy On The Agenda Today, Due To The Fact Of Islamist Terrorism All Over The World.

History Has Often Showed Us The Strength Of The Forces That Are Unleashed By The Yearning For Freedom. It Moved People To Overcome Their Fears And Openly Confront Dictators Such As In East Germany And Eastern Europe About 22 Years Ago... The Yearning For Freedom Cannot Be Contained By Walls For Long. It Was This Yearning That Brought Down The Iron Curtain That Divided Germany And Europe, And Indeed The World, Into Two Blocs.

There Are A Lot Of Areas Where We Cooperate, Fight Against Isil, For Example. Here, Germany Was Able To Contribute To A Certain Extent In Certain Areas.

I Feel Like We Are In A Community Of People Who Sign Up For These Values Who Try To Maintain Them And Wherever They Are Not Yet Respected, To Stand Up For People's Rights To Enjoy Them, As Well. And This Is Worth Every Effort.