“I am thinking of airtight windows! No other country can build such airtight and beautiful windows.”

— Angela Merkel

Ich denke an dichte Fenster! Kein anderes Land kann so dichte und so schöne Fenster bauen.
Answering the question what emotions Germany arouses in her, Interview in the BILD-Zeitung on November 29, 2004
2004

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Ich denke an dichte Fenster! Kein anderes Land kann so dichte und so schöne Fenster bauen.

BILD-Zeitung, 29. November 2004 auf die Frage, welche Empfindungen Deutschland in ihr weckt
2004

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