Franz Muentefering Quotes (24 Quotes)

We don't dispute that unified parliamentary groups can exist, but it must be clear that coalition talks are conducted by individual parties.

We still have a lot of important issues to discuss. In healthcare there is no middle ground between our positions.

The message was clear This country does not want Mrs. Merkel as chancellor.

The carelessness with which we talk about each other and to the media is destroying us.

In three weeks the government will be stable.

Money is short and it's clear that milk and honey will not flow, but there will still be healthy bread and decent jam,

We will include the fact that we consider that to be the likely target age in our agreement on a coalition government.

We are going into this debate with the political claim to implement as much as possible of our manifesto and to ensure that Gerhard Schroeder remains the chancellor of Germany.

We will only agree to other tax increases in the talks if people with higher incomes are taxed more heavily.

Two and a half weeks is a good amount of time to get a lot of things moving.

However secure the common faction may be, it must also be clear that coalition talks are led by parties ... and that that has consequences.

It is better to participate in government with the strength we have than to be without influence in opposition. Let's do it, ... What we have here is not a program of market radicalism and it is not a populist one.

The great challenge of the next years will be fighting unemployment, so this coalition has to do everything to make sure the competitiveness of the economy is OK, that there is growth and that unemployment can be fought effectively,

We held exploratory talks, we discussed policy. All personnel questions still need to be clarified, but we did not discuss them today.

We have seven more minutes to score two goals. Talking about who will shower with whom after the game or who will play next time is nonsense.

It is clear that Germans do not want Mrs. Merkel as their chancellor.

We made it clear we want to govern with Schroeder as chancellor,

a stable government for this country, as quickly as possible. A government led by Gerhard Schroeder.

We think that Gerhard Schroeder should be chancellor, but the whole (leadership) constellation will have to be discussed in the coming talks.

There has to be fair cooperation. We are equals and that will also be true in this coalition if it comes about.

I can no longer be party chairman under these conditions. I left my decision open as to whether I will belong to the cabinet after the next party congress.

If one makes demands of the country, those whose bank accounts are stronger must also contribute their fair share.

We are ready to begin full talks for a grand coalition.

We focused on issues, but made it clear that we in the SPD want to govern this nation with Gerhard Schroeder as chancellor.