Dutch Agriculture Minister also wants a material flow balance:

"In these cases, there are concrete, legally binding admission promises made by Germany in the past."— A spokesperson from the Federal Ministry of the Interior emphasizes the legal commitments for the Afghans.

"The game changer is classic artillery ammunition. Only with that can Ukraine keep the Russians at a distance."— Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall, on the significance of artillery ammunition in the Ukraine conflict.

Basically, it says nothing less than 'No training place for Jews.'— Lorenz Blumenthaler from the Amadeu Antonio Foundation commenting on the dehumanizing job advertisement.

"A Taurus attack by Ukraine on Russia would make Germany a party to the war."— Russian Foreign Ministry warns of the consequences of an attack with Taurus cruise missiles on Russian targets.

If Taurus missiles are used against infrastructure targets in Russia, it will be considered Germany's direct participation in hostilities on the side of the Kyiv regime, with all consequences for Germany that arise from this.— Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, regarding the potential delivery of Taurus cruise missiles from Germany to Ukraine.

"In these cases, there are concrete admission commitments made by Germany in the past."— A spokesperson from the Ministry of the Interior regarding existing admission commitments for Afghans.

"The man with the St. George ribbon represents the state that bears sole responsibility for these war crimes."— Oleksii Makeiev, Ukrainian Ambassador, regarding the participation of the Russian ambassador in a memorial event.

"The primary goal remains that we make Germany and Europe strong and that we also have the financial means for that."— SPD leader Lars Klingbeil stated this in an interview with the Funke media group.

"I am not convinced that Putin will respond positively to weakness and peace offerings; he must eventually recognize the hopelessness of this war - for that, we must help Ukraine."— Friedrich Merz, likely future Chancellor, in the ARD program "Caren Miosga".

"That will happen."— Friedrich Merz reaffirms his goal to enforce the rejection of asylum seekers at the borders.

"Whoever normalizes the AfD does not destroy the AfD, but the CDU."— Florian Schroeder in his column about the implications of Jens Spahn's approach to the AfD.

"The right to asylum cannot be limited to a specific number of asylum seekers - especially not at a time when more people than ever before are fleeing worldwide."— Oliver Müller, Head of International Affairs, Migration, and Disaster Relief at the German Caritas Association, in response to an inquiry from the KNA news agency.