The Times When We Could Fully Count

There's Another Point That I Wanted To Mention Here, Particularly The Engagement And Commitment To Africa. 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 Have Very Stable Mechanisms Of Conflict Resolution In Terms Of Labor Relations, We Have A Very Good Transportation Infrastructure, We Provide Our Children With An Excellent Education And The Gap Between Rich And Poor In Germany Is Relatively Narrow. On The Other Hand, We Have Trouble Accepting Change.

At This Time - We're In A Dramatic Crisis - Euro Bonds Are Precisely The Wrong Answer. They Lead Us Into A Debt Union, Not A Stability Union. Each Country Has To Take Its Own Steps To Reduce Its Debt.

If It's In The German Interest To Have Good Trans-atlantic Relations, Well, The Task Is Also To Look Ahead, But Our Personal - That We Have Freedom Of Movement In The Whole Of Germany So If We Want To See Each Other, Well, I'm Game.

We Europeans Must Really Take Our Destiny Into Our Own Hands, Of Course In Friendship With The United States, In Friendship With Great Britain, With Other Neighbors Wherever Possible, Also With Russia. But We Must Know That We Need To Fight For Our Future Ourselves, As Europeans, For Our Destiny.