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It will not be possible to solve the current crisis with euro bonds. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#crisis #current #euro #possible #solve

Basically, nice guys can finish last. ↗

— Lee Meriwether

#finish #finish last #guys #last #nice

The willingness to learn new skills is very high. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#high #learn #new #new skills #skills

I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#always #boost #coin #competitiveness #europe

For a few years, more people have been leaving our country than entering it. Wherever it is possible, we must lower the entry hurdles for those who bring the country forward. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#bring #country #entering #entry #few

I will not let anyone tell me we must spend more money. This crisis did not come about because we issued too little money but because we created economic growth with too much money and it was not sustainable growth. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#anyone #because #come #created #crisis

We feel bound to the Christian image of humanity - that is what defines us. Those who do not accept this are in the wrong place here. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#bound #christian #defines #feel #here

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#central #cold #cold war #courage #decades

Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#belong #europe #important #innovative #maintain

At the beginning of the 60's our country called the foreign workers to come to Germany and now they live in our country. We kidded ourselves a while, we said: 'They won't stay, sometime they will be gone.' But this isn't reality. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#called #come #country #foreign #germany