Berliner Zeitung

I would do it differently today.

— Friedrich Merz reflects on his previous statement regarding the city image debate, admitting he should have communicated more clearly.

What the Lithuanians are saying today is impossible and unrealistic.

— Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who described the incidents with smuggler balloons as exaggerated.

The pandemic was a democratic challenge.

— Angela Merkel reflecting on the challenges that the Corona pandemic posed to civil liberties.

Integration does not stop just because an ARD moderator sits in a loft bed and proclaims that the implementation of border controls actually leads to fewer refugee numbers.

— This statement criticizes the oversimplification of complex issues by ARD moderator Anna Planken during a broadcast.

The victims’ concerns, regrettably, have a basis in fact.

— Judge Paul Engelmayer regarding the victims' worries about the release of materials that could compromise their identities.

Well, I didn't know that it was said at some point. Just like 'Everything for Germany, Everything for Germany.' Oh yes, I don't understand the fuss.

— Alice Weidel, in an interview with Welt TV regarding the use of the slogan 'Everything for Germany.'

It touches our core interests that such a war is being waged by Russia in Europe.

— Johann Wadephul (CDU), Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, discusses the implications of the Russian war on European security interests.

It's a nonsense idea. All those who believe it hope that there will be more positions. But there won't be for long, because in the end it only leads to (...) the 'dirty children' of the AfD secretly securing the majorities.

— Markus Söder, CSU party leader, comments on the idea of a minority government and the AfD during a discussion on 'Caren Miosga' on ARD.