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Whether we give up everything that has made Germany strong: unity in freedom, alignment with the West, and a liberal value system. Or whether we leave the EU, abolish the euro, and let ourselves be drawn toward authoritarian systems.

— Mario Voigt (CDU), Thuringia's Minister-President, in an interview with Zeit

With this chancellor, there are no more elections to win.

— Clara von Nathusius, JU board member and CDU influencer; said during ARD's Bericht aus Berlin segment following the Saxony-Anhalt state election

I think it would be a great feather in everybody’s cap if that happened. It’s going to happen eventually.

— Donald Trump, during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in Dublin, claiming that a united Ireland was inevitable and that he would love to see it.

We must unmask fascists.

— Antonia, speaking on the stage at the Bündnis 'Zeit zum Handeln' event on Theaterplatz in Dresden.

One thing I promise you: we will not touch the 'money of shame' from the Merz's special fund.

— Hans-Thomas Tillschneider, AfD state parliament member; in the October 2025 state parliamentary debate. Note: The article also cites remarks by Federal Transport Minister Steffen Bilger calling the AfD's stance 'devastating,' and the AfD's phrase 'money of shame.'

"There is a very clear non-socialist majority, or non-left leaning economic majority in the Swedish parliament," he said.— Ulf Kristersson, Swedish prime minister, commenting on the parliamentary majority after the exit polls

Now we have it officially: The government knows not a single court ruling that finds its border controls lawful.

— Helge Limburg, Green Party MP, commenting on the government's reply to his parliamentary inquiry about the legality of the border controls

Now you are protecting the fascists!

— Cansin Köktürk (Die Linke) addressing Bundestag Vice President Andrea Lindholz in the Bundestag during the budget debate

If they were to take over the government in Saxony-Anhalt, the Operations Plan Germany and other relevant information would almost certainly flow to Russia. Therefore, the plan should be withdrawn from Saxony-Anhalt.

— Bastian Ernst, head of the Reservists Association, told Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (CDU politician).

Civil servants swear an oath to the Constitution.

— Stefanie Hubig, Federal Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection, said this to the Funke media group (Saturday editions).

We're saying that if you don't pay taxes in, you don't live here, you can't buy your way into our democracy because you're a billionaire.

— Angela Rayner told Sky News

On the advice of my doctors, I’ll maintain an intensive regimen of physical therapy from home during the state work period, and I’ll continue to engage with my staff and colleagues on important Senate business.

— Mitch McConnell, via a statement from his office about his health and return to Senate duties

We want Germany to be proud again of our infrastructure and our rail system.

— Steffen Bilger, Federal Minister of Transport, said this in the context of the Sachsen-Anhalt election and public frustration with transport infrastructure.

I’m proud to be a houso and I’m proud of the community in which I grew up.

— Anthony Albanese, Australian Prime Minister, speaking to reporters in response to Pauline Hanson’s remarks about his late mother.

I don’t appoint myself in Safa, even if you think that way. Safa is a democratic organisation. Tomorrow [the members] can have a vote of no confidence in me and I’m out. Or I can decide that I want to go and they say no. So, you must really ask them why I am still here,

— Danny Jordaan said during a post-election press conference after his re-election as Safa president in Midrand

Not by the CSU, under no circumstances.

— Markus Söder, CSU leader, in an interview with Bild, on the question whether there would be no Chancellor coup.

And I said, on behalf of the United States of America, I am going to take the tariffs off.

— Donald Trump, during the Irish Open trophy presentation at the Doonbeg golf course in Ireland, announcing the removal of tariffs on Irish whiskey.

“a personalized campaign to keep the CDU small.”— CDU General Secretary Hoppermann, describing Schwesig's personalized campaign in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to keep the CDU down