“We need strategic strength for our industry, technology and innovation...” — Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Quote

“We need strategic strength for our industry, technology and innovation, a sense of security for our European citizens and common foreign and security capabilities to defend our interests.”

“We made a clear commitment to NATO's two percent goal. I know that we can't get there from one day to the next, but I'm just as clear on the fact that we must get there in the end.”

“We need to be at the forefront of technological development again.”

“Real power in the modern world is determined by a nation's economic capabilities, not just the nuclear warheads it stores.”

“If I wasn't a model, I would never have been around interesting musicians, even had the financial capabilities to say, 'I don't have to work right now. I can sit and make my record.'”

“Let us focus on developing our capabilities and talents here at home to be a model for the world.”