Gerhard Schroeder German Quotations

I expect the German chancellor to personally talk with (United States) president (George W.) Bush and not about him at campaign meetings.

I see a military option a high-grade danger, ... Therefore I can certainly rule out that a German government under my leadership would take part in one.

It establishes the independence of German energy security.

You can be sure that I will handle with responsibility the things that made you a German chancellor whom people will remember fondly,

No! We don't want German soldiers in Iraq!

This is not just a German problem, ... It's a problem affecting all of Europe.

The engagement of NATO is reduced to training and only training, ... We have made clear that we don't want to see German soldiers in Iraq.

The German government has made clear that wherever there are justified claims, these claims should be satisfied on legal and also moral grounds,

The German government and the American administration had different opinions about how Saddam Hussein's regime should be handled,