Quotes by Angela Merkel

“Es liegt nicht in meiner Macht – und nicht in der Macht irgendeines Menschen in Deutschland – zu bestimmen, wie viele Menschen hierher kommen.”

“Personally I think that Austria’s unilateral decision, and then those made subsequently by Balkan countries, will obviously bring us fewer refugees, but they put Greece in a very difficult situatio...”

“From my point of view, a completely covered woman has almost no chance of integrating herself in Germany.”

“German law takes precedence over sharia. The full face veil should be banned, wherever legally possible.”

“Climate change is an issue determining our destiny as mankind – it will determine the well-being of all of us.”

“We can only shape a bright future if we are aware of Germany's enduring responsibility for the ultimate betrayal of all civilised values that was the Shoah.”

“We will do everything in order to prevent a no-deal Brexit; Britain crashing out of the European Union.”

“Globalization -- and I think we share this conviction -- is that globalization needs to be shaped politically. It needs to be given a human face. But we cannot allow to fall back into pre-globaliza...”

“For us Europeans, Africa as a neighboring continent is of prime importance. The development of African countries is in our very own vested interest. We, as Germans, but also we, as members of the E...”

“The European Union as a whole, but also Germany, needs to recognize that this is our alliance, our common alliance, our transatlantic alliance, that we have to step up our engagement. Because, in t...”