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This multicultural approach, saying that we simply live side by side and live happily with each other has failed. Utterly failed.
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From a German point of view, German-American and European-American relations are a pillar of our foreign policy.
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The full veil is not appropriate for Germans, and should be banned wherever legally possible.
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Nobody in Europe will be abandoned. Nobody in Europe will be excluded. Europe only succeeds if we work together.
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We have shared those values, we continue to share those values and obviously, we will continue to cooperate with the new administration [of the U.S].
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