CDU MP Anna Aeikens: I want to hear, "Agriculture is beautiful":

The majority of Germans support Merz's migration policy.— Hermann Binkert, head of Insa, regarding public support for Friedrich Merz's migration policy.

More than a third of voters are satisfied with Friedrich Merz as Chancellor.

— This is shown by a survey conducted by the polling institute Insa for Bild am Sonntag.

It should not be about being able to wage a large land war in Europe.

— Ralf Stegner (SPD) expressed his views on the goals of the conscription and warned against massive rearmament.

We need to be more competitive

— Federal Minister of Economics Katherina Reiche after the meeting with OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann.

You cannot militarily defeat Russia.

— Ralf Stegner, Member of the Bundestag and foreign policy expert, defends the controversial manifesto on the joint morning magazine of ARD and ZDF.

I am currently starting to change some fundamental things from the White House, just like the Germans have successfully done.

— Donald Trump about the changes he plans to implement, inspired by Germany.

In an emergency, having is more important than needing. It was a century crisis and an exceptional situation. Everything was lacking. Everything was scarce.

— Jens Spahn justifies his actions regarding the mask deals during the Corona pandemic.

I have nothing to hide

— Jens Spahn comments on the mask affair and advocates for the publication of the report.

Especially for these high-performing individuals, the proposal from Ms. Reiche would be a reduction in pensions and therefore profoundly unfair.

— Dagmar Schmidt, SPD Deputy Chair and expert on labor and social affairs, comments on the pension at 63 and Katherina Reiche's proposals.

Freedom and democracy are worth standing up for resolutely and, if necessary, fighting for their preservation.

— Friedrich Merz, at the award ceremony of the Charlemagne Prize to Ursula von der Leyen in Aachen.

Ms. Warken wants to keep the report on mask procurement under wraps to protect Jens Spahn from the end of his political career.

— Paula Piechotta, Green Party health politician, comments on the current health minister's refusal to present the report to the Bundestag.

If you ask me, there is no way around working longer.

— Minister of Economics Katherina Reiche stated this in Berlin.

Anyone who believes that one can win legally against the AfD and its agitation will experience a rude awakening.

— Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt warns against an AfD ban procedure and emphasizes the risks of such an approach.

We cannot rule out that Putin will not wait until NATO has completed its preparations, but will attack earlier.

— Norbert Röttgen, CDU foreign policy expert, in an interview with 'Stern'.

I asked the member Köktürk to change her sweater. We had not made that public.

— Bundestag President Julia Klöckner explains the situation in the Bundestag.

If someone repeatedly refuses a reasonable job, even though they are clearly able to work, the state must assume that this person is not in need. And then they will not receive any Bürgergeld. We need a paradigm shift here.

— CDU Secretary General Carsten Linnemann emphasizes the need for a paradigm shift in the social system to ensure that only those in need receive Bürgergeld.

If a public broadcaster deliberately assigns a negative value judgment to Christian confessions while disregarding principles of journalistic objectivity or balance, the line to one-sided worldview communication is crossed.

— Johannes Volkmann in his complaint to the NDR Broadcasting Council.

This unnecessarily increases the cost of work and performance and harms Germany's economic location.— Albert Stegemann, Deputy Chairman of the Union Faction (CDU), commented on the rejection of the SPD's proposal for higher health insurance contributions for high earners.

We do not have enough pressure.

— Wolodymyr Selenskyj laments the lack of international pressure on Russia during an interview on RTL.

The climate crisis has long been a social crisis - those who toil under the scorching sun or sit in overheated offices often pay with their own health.

— Jan van Aken, chairman of the Left Party, discusses the impact of the climate crisis on workers' health.

The federal government must immediately end this illegal practice. Because the decisions of the Berlin Administrative Court make it unmistakably clear: Dobrindt's policy of rejecting asylum seekers is in violation of European law.— Karl Kopp, Managing Director of Pro Asyl, comments on the decisions of the Berlin Administrative Court.

Because it is about mere statistical data.

— Marc Vallendar, AfD member of parliament, who demands the disclosure of the first names of knife attackers.

This is our business. We decide about it, not an American government.

— Merz commented on the US government's criticism regarding the classification of the AfD by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.