Angela Merkel Quotes on Christianity (9 Quotes)

Christian Democrats held out hope for a Merkel-led alliance of the two main parties. I do not rule out anybody revising their position, ... we are not playing for time.

We made clear that given the election result the Christian Democratic alliance (CDUCSU) is responsible for setting up the government,

We will make clear again that the only recognizable stable government option is the Christian Democrats, the Christian Social Union and the Free Democrats, that the others are dodging the question of who they actually want to put a majority together with.

Social Democrats, however, have not excluded joining a grand coalition ... I am campaigning for a government of Christian Democrats and Free Democrats.

The campaign is over and now the point is to form a stable government. We, the Christian Democratic alliance (CDUCSU), have been given the mandate as strongest parties,

Because the Christian Democrats finished first, they will get the first crack at putting together a new government in negotiations with other parties, a process that could take days or even weeks. We had hoped for a better result, ... The campaign is over, and now we need to create a stable government for the people of Germany. This is our mandate.

But Mrs. Merkel rallied, in part because the barons inside her party and its sister party in Bavaria, the Christian Social Union, announced their unqualified support of her, and in part because she showed the quiet determination that enabled her to rise t

We feel bound to the Christian image of humanity - that is what defines us. Those who do not accept this are in the wrong place here.

If you add the union (the Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union) and FDP (the free-market liberal Free Democratic Party), you get a majority of 1.2 million votes over red-green,