At present, there are forces gathering strength here as well that want to undermine and weaken it, that despise its institutions and insult and denigrate its representatives... We all bear responsibility for a political culture that is compatible with democracy.
After decades of more prosperity, more democracy, more Europe, more freedom, the success of German reunification, we are now experiencing an epochal transformation... Germany was facing rougher and harder years but called for courage in confronting the new challenges.
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