We Need Trust Among Allies And Partners.

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.

The Role Of The Opposition Leader Differs From That Of The Chancellor. If This Government Is To Be Successful, I Have To Take The Emotional State Of All Partners Into Account. Besides, The Social Democrats Didn't Exactly Present Me With The Motto "let Us Dare To Have More Freedom" On A Silver Platter.

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

We Have Shared Those Values, We Continue To Share Those Values And Obviously, We Will Continue To Cooperate With The New Administration [of The U.s].

Europe Can Only Hold Together And Stand Together, Which Is Very Important In Times Of Migration Challenges, Terrorism Challenges, If Each Country Takes Responsibility For Itself.