Anyone who wants to defend the European social model must ensure that the German-French relationship remains intact.

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

I don't think much of dwelling for now on individual proposals for the final form of the European Union, who contradicted whom,

We need...to strengthen our European institutions and rigorously further develop the European integration process,

I am not the German Tony Blair. Nor am I the German Bill Clinton. I am Gerhard Schroeder, chancellor of Germany, responsible for Germany. I don't want to be a copy of anyone.

Once again, we have shown the French-German motor, which is so important for European integration, works well,