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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.

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.

Now you protect fascists.

— Cansin Köktürk (Member of Die Linke), in the Bundestag addressing Andrea Lindholz during the AfD debate sparked by René Springer's remarks.

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.

We do not condemn the production of arms outright, because in the context of the future remigration and deportation offensive we will of course also need appropriate tools. Of course also in the sense of internal security, our own stability and national defense.

— Ulrich Siegmund, AfD top candidate and parliamentary group leader in the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament, replying to a journalist's question about the planned establishment of an Israeli arms company.

We believe this threat was real.

— Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) – said at the annual press conference; quoted here.

I was too afraid to openly take a stand on this sensitive topic.

— Statement by Jens Spahn in a letter to CDU/CSU members in his constituency Steinfurt I/Borken I regarding the surrogacy debate, provided to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa).

There will be a trust protection in place, and everyone can rely on it.

— Bärbel Bas, in the Bundestag during the budget debate, promising trust protection for those nearing retirement.

There were no injuries; no one needs to worry any further.

— Gordon Schnieder (CDU), Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate, said

"to pursue ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin color."— Friedrich Merz (CDU), in the Bundestag during the general debate on the budget; referring to the term 'Remigration' and accusing the AfD of wanting to pursue ethnic cleansing based on origin and skin color

But there is no use in lamenting about it. This is the reality, and the education system as a whole must adapt better to it.

— Karin Prien, CDU politician and Education Minister, told the German press agency (dpa) in the context of the Pisa study.