“Detachment: Whoever does not fundamentally connect with anything does not run the risk of having to stand up for something and expose his power to dangers. Merkel is primarily social democratic, is liberal, is a bit conservative and a bit green. She is free from ideologies and convictions except for the one that freedom must be preserved. She has a pragmatic political approach and wants to solve the problems that exist, as far as these problems can be solved without major problems.”
– Kurbjuweit, D.: Powerfully powerless, in: der Spiegel (35/2014), p. 25.
