The Russians want to be perceived as a mighty bear — you could argue that they are moving through Ukraine at the stilted speed of a garden snail.

Islamist antisemitism, at the origin of the October 7th pogrom, which preachers of hate try to deploy on our soil—in the physical world as in the digital world—intending to make terror reign.

We cannot erase Jewish French people from the Republic's family photo.

Because when a Jew is in danger in the homeland, it is the homeland itself that is in danger.

The digital antisemitism, which, boosted by algorithms, is the culpable inaction of the platforms, gains ground among ordinary people, corrupts our youth, and harasses thousands of our compatriots even in their privacy — haunts the days and nights, dreams, and imaginations.

I want a mandatory penalty of ineligibility to be established for antisemitic, racist, and discriminatory acts and remarks.

France without the Jews is a tree without a trunk.

We have entered a new phase of open conflicts and wars.

Europe just returned from a vacation from world history.

Together, we’ve entered an era that once again is marked by power and big power politics.

China wants to be a leader in shaping the world, and it has paved the ground for that over many years, with strategic patience.

In the foreseeable future, Beijing could be on an equal footing with the United States in military terms.

China systematically uses the dependencies of others, and it redefines the international order in its own favor.

If there had been a unipolar moment after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a unipolar moment in history, it has long passed.

The United States’ claim to leadership has been challenged and possibly lost.

Our prime task as Europeans, and of course as Germans too — is to accept this new reality today.

It does not mean that we accept it as an inevitable fate.

We are not at the mercy of this world. We can shape it.

Russia’s GDP is currently about 2 trillion euros; that of the European Union is almost 10 times as high. But still, Europe is not 10 times as strong as Russia today.

Our military, political, economic, and technological potential is huge.

We haven’t tapped it to the necessary extent for a very long time. So, the most important thing is to turn the switch in our minds now.

We have understood that in the era of big powers, our freedom is no longer a given — it is at stake.

The restructuring of the world by the big powers is happening faster and more comprehensively than we can strengthen ourselves.

Sometimes people automatically demand Europe to just write off the US as a partner. I understand the uneasiness and the doubts that lead to such claims — I share some of them. But still, these claims have not been fully thought through.

They underestimate the potential that our partnership with the US continues to have, despite all the difficulties that exist.

We have imposed unheard-of losses and costs on Moscow.

We will make the Bundeswehr the strongest conventional army in Europe as soon as we can.