There is no reason at all for me to change my position just because some media and the conservatives are putting unseemly pressure on me,
I feel extraordinarily well after the campaign. But we can't be so sure before an election.
This requires a government that makes this its priority and I am very sure that such a government will emerge in the form of a grand coalition.
Whether it will be a success, I do not know. But I want to help ensure it works,
I think we can say that in the past seven years, we have increased respect in the world for our country, our Germany, and I am sure that we will safeguard that together,
That there is turbulence at times in the parties involved is painful and not good, ... One or two have now fled abroad, or nearly fled abroad... The important thing now is to look forward. I'm sure it'll all turn out fine.
We assume that would lead to there being sufficient energy reserves in the market and, second, we would wish the pressure on the prices of oil products to be lessened,
and that's why we are together exerting pressure so that Saddam Hussein lets international observers into the country.
I say 'yes' to pressure on Saddam Hussein ... but I can only warn against playing games with war and military intervention,
Anyone who wants to defend the European social model must ensure that the German-French relationship remains intact.
They say they want to get rid of Saddam Hussein. They don't say that they want to apply pressure for the foreign observers to enter the country again, and that is the policy of which I said that it is wrong at this moment,
I made clear I cannot accept the precondition that we must cease military activities first and then start negotiating. I'm sure the NATO partners see it the same way,
You can be sure that I will handle with responsibility the things that made you a German chancellor whom people will remember fondly,
An agreement under the British presidency would be an important signal, and I am sure that Tony Blair is fully aware of the high expectations people have in him,
It's about making sure everyone's voice counts, my own included,
I feel I have a mandate to ensure that in the next four years there will be a stable government in our country under my leadership, ... There will be no coalition under her leadership with my Social Democrats.