He promised they would reduce unemployment by two million, ... Instead it grew. That's the truth.

It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment.

I chose to pursue a career in physics because there the truth isn't so easily bent.

I have just explained my idea of how a constructive period of reflection, one that would send a clear message to the citizens of Europe: You should now what our priorities are. For Germany this means: Unemployment is one of one of our biggest problems.

In the German football team players from different clubs need to get on with each other both on and off the pitch. In the grand coalition Christian Democrats and Social Democrats sit in the same boat and need to pull in the same direction.

Free access to the single market will be granted to a country which accepts the four fundamental freedoms of movement of people, goods, services, and capital.