1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,720 I grew up in East Germany, 4 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:41,920 in the DDR, 5 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,840 in the part of my country that was not free at that time, 6 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,280 in a dictatorship. 7 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:02,000 My first job after university was as a physicist in East Berlin 8 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,160 at the Academy of Sciences. 9 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,240 I lived close to the Berlin Wall. 10 00:02:08,199 --> 00:02:11,039 Behind it was West Berlin: Freedom! 11 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,840 The Berlin Wall limited my opportunities, 12 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:26,680 but there was one thing it failed to achieve in all those years… 13 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:36,720 It couldn't impose boundaries on my own innermost thoughts… 14 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,240 my personality, my imagination, my dreams. 15 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,560 All these could not be limited by prohibition or coercion. 16 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,680 Could people handle silence better in the past? 17 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:21,040 -Yes, I think so. -Yes? 18 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:25,600 Well, take the fact that every trip to the supermarket 19 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,680 is accompanied by cheerful music. 20 00:04:29,280 --> 00:04:31,280 That wasn't as common before. 21 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,440 I'm not judging it, before they say I'm complaining. 22 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,360 I'm just saying, I think it used to be quieter. 23 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,480 Granted, I'm from the countryside, so… 24 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:52,520 And I believe that a lot of my strength 25 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,640 comes from the fact that as a child 26 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:59,080 I could sleep deeply because it was so quiet. 27 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:00,840 I'm convinced of that. 28 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,640 I sometimes still seek that silence today. 29 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:04,800 So, Mrs. Merkel, how does one become a government minister? 30 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:10,720 Madame Minister, Dr. Merkel… 31 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,760 are you willing to take the oath? 32 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:21,040 Yes. I swear, so help me God. 33 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:23,880 Thank you. 34 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:35,720 A young woman of 37, Angela Merkel, born on the 17th July 1954, 35 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:41,440 less than two years in politics, just over a year in the CDU party. 36 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:44,720 Above all other questions, Mrs. Merkel, 37 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,160 isn't this all going a bit fast? 38 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,120 Do you occasionally have the uncomfortable feeling 39 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,320 that things are happening to you 40 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,040 rather than you making things happen for yourself? 41 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,800 Angela Merkel, currently more object than subject. 42 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,840 Without the German reunification, 43 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,600 I'd never have become a government minister. 44 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:15,120 Would you have become a minister if you weren't Protestant? 45 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,040 Or if you hadn't come from former West Germany? 46 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,400 -Or if you weren't a woman? -Former East Germany. 47 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:26,800 That's true, and it's a good thing for federal Germany, and-- 48 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:28,560 Did the Chancellor speak to you? 49 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,360 Did he call you up and say, "I'll take you?" 50 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:34,200 No? 51 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,560 It wasn't like that, but of course we spoke. 52 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:47,640 The way you appear, speak and think, 53 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,040 do you fit in with these politicians 54 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:56,240 who claim to know what the public needs, and to have all the answers? 55 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,560 Sometimes I wonder if people idealize politicians 56 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:05,560 or if politicians really are how people think they are. 57 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,240 There are sometimes misunderstandings. 58 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,880 But they have a different public persona? 59 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:13,520 I can't judge that, but you can. 60 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,680 But you can watch television 61 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,120 -or listen to the radio. -I don't watch myself on TV. 62 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:20,800 I don't have time for it. 63 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:22,360 I don't know about others. 64 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:24,520 They seem normal to me. 65 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:29,400 I just always notice that people say that I'm different from the others, 66 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:31,880 but that's their judgement. 67 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,440 Do you sometimes forget 68 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,560 when you're with your husband or your mother 69 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:49,400 that you are the Chancellor? 70 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:53,120 Yes, of course. Then, I'm the daughter or the wife. 71 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,600 So, does it feel like before? 72 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:59,280 Like when you were a physicist or member of parliament? 73 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,120 Or is it different after all? 74 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:04,640 The only difference is… 75 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:11,680 -I can't ignore my phone for too long. -That's the only difference? 76 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,240 I don't always feel like "I am the Chancellor." 77 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:19,800 So, sometimes you set that role aside in your free time? 78 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,320 Of course, when I'm stirring my dinner, 79 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:27,760 I don't think, "The Chancellor is stirring her dinner." 80 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:53,240 Torchbearers. 81 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:56,200 Stop. 82 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:44,760 My bare foot angrily stomped the sand 83 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:49,440 And from my shoulder, I slapped your hand 84 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:54,280 Micha, my Micha, everything hurts so much 85 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:59,880 Do that again, Micha, and I'll leave 86 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,880 You forgot to bring the color film 87 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:07,080 My Michael 88 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,360 Now nobody will believe us 89 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:11,360 How beautiful it was here 90 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:12,440 DDR MAGAZINE 91 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,160 You forgot to bring the color film 92 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:16,400 Good grief 93 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:21,080 All this blue and white And green is lost now 94 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:30,800 Now I'm sitting back in our home 95 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:34,840 And I'm picking photos for the photo album 96 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,400 Me in a bikini 97 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,800 And me at the nudist beach 98 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:42,160 Me in a sassy mini skirt 99 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:44,520 Some landscape's in there too, yeah 100 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,960 But, how terrible, hot tears are rolling 101 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,320 Landscape and Nina 102 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:53,480 All in black and white 103 00:11:53,560 --> 00:11:55,640 Micha, my Micha 104 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,920 Everything hurts so much 105 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:03,360 Do that again, Micha, and I'll leave 106 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,280 You forgot to bring the color film 107 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:10,600 My Michael 108 00:12:10,680 --> 00:12:12,480 Now nobody will believe us 109 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:14,800 How beautiful it was here 110 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,320 You forgot to bring the color film 111 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:19,240 Good grief… 112 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:23,600 When you think of the DDR, your upbringing in former East Germany, 113 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:26,840 what is your earliest political memory? 114 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:34,800 My first overtly political memory is definitely the construction of the Wall 115 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:36,240 and the days before. 116 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:45,600 On the 13th August 1961, German imperialism had to learn: 117 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:47,400 there is no way through here. 118 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,720 Here are the limits of its power. 119 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,880 Its final defeat starts here. 120 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:58,240 This is the German Democratic Republic where, for the first time in Germany, 121 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,600 peace has been elevated to government policy. 122 00:13:00,680 --> 00:13:03,960 I remember, the 13th of August was a Sunday 123 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,280 and everyone at my father's church service was crying. 124 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,880 My mother cried, everyone in the church cried… 125 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,960 Your father was a Protestant theologian. 126 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:44,080 Your mother was a teacher. 127 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,520 In 1954, the year you were born, 128 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,360 your father moved your family to the DDR to work as a pastor. 129 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:03,640 You grew up with two younger siblings in Templin, Brandenburg. 130 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:11,200 Have you ever thought, "Father, what have you done?" 131 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,400 No, I always accepted it. 132 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,280 My father wanted to be a pastor in his home church, 133 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:19,960 so I never questioned it. 134 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,240 -I thought-- -It meddled with your life, didn't it? 135 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:29,560 Yes, it led to me growing up in the DDR, but I wouldn't say "meddled." 136 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,680 There were difficult times, but I also had many good times in the DDR. 137 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:46,280 How would you describe the DDR in two to three sentences? 138 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:53,800 You had to work very hard just to live a normal life. 139 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,600 But with little to show for it. 140 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:03,840 You were always on the hunt. 141 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:06,640 In winter, you had to buy summer shoes. 142 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:09,520 When something was available, you had to buy it. 143 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:15,360 And you knew that in your job, 144 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:21,000 you'd never get to the top unless you joined the Socialist Unity Party. 145 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:23,920 You'd never become department head in a combine. 146 00:15:28,840 --> 00:15:33,000 And also, you always had to be cautious. 147 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:38,440 Whenever you spoke carelessly in public, as a child or an adult, 148 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:41,760 you'd always get into trouble. 149 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,160 You had to expect it. 150 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,680 One was very controlled in what one said, 151 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:49,040 so one at least knew what the consequences would be. 152 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:33,320 I don't think she understood 153 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:38,520 that it was such an old boys' club, the CDU party. 154 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,720 Well, she was also lucky 155 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:46,640 because Chancellor Kohl, after the reunification of Germany, 156 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:52,000 needed to recruit women and East Germans into his government. 157 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:57,440 The DDR was completely steamrollered by West Germany anyhow 158 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:04,160 in this incredibly forceful and dominant act of Helmut Kohl. 159 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,119 So he had to include someone, 160 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:10,960 and he put two women from East Germany in his cabinet, 161 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:15,440 threw them into the deep end, and one of them survived. 162 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:16,720 And that was her. 163 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:36,280 I know that politicians are often accused that they… 164 00:17:37,120 --> 00:17:40,200 are only acting in their own interest, or superficially, 165 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:42,440 that they demand too much… 166 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,880 and only think of their own fame. 167 00:18:31,120 --> 00:18:38,040 So, I often feel misunderstood because you are put in a box 168 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:40,480 that I can't easily accept. 169 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,440 Angela. Here is your chair. 170 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:51,040 Hello. 171 00:18:51,120 --> 00:18:56,960 How do you personally feel now after a few months in the cabinet? 172 00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,400 Does it still feel unfamiliar? 173 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:06,000 No, it's been over a year now since my first time there 174 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:08,920 and I realized that they are just people too. 175 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:11,720 Angela Merkel, live and in color! 176 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,760 Right now, a bit more color than in normal life. 177 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,560 Do you enjoy getting your make-up done? 178 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,120 I don't like doing it myself, but I like getting it done. 179 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:22,320 It's fun. 180 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:26,440 We've managed to get our hands on some early photos of you. 181 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:28,160 It's… 182 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:30,840 this one. 183 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:32,920 And we've found a more recent one. 184 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,720 I believe it's the official photo of CDU party. 185 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,600 This one is a bit more glammed up. 186 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:44,880 The first one is from my early days as a government minister 187 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,240 and the second is more styled. 188 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:53,000 I'm not at all happy with the newer one because it doesn't feel like me at all. 189 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,480 I wasn't wearing makeup, so it's all retouched. 190 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:00,040 I was very disappointed with the result. 191 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,240 HERTZ SPECIAL 192 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:10,720 Dear viewers, I'd love to include you today and over the next few weeks. 193 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:13,240 Please get involved in our program. 194 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:14,920 Please give us a call, 195 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,880 tell us your opinion on our Minister for Youth, Mrs. Merkel, 196 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,120 on her character, her politics. 197 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:22,280 Please call us. 198 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:27,720 Mrs. Merkel, recently, I discovered a lovely little town called, Templin. 199 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,920 You spent your childhood and youth there. 200 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:36,480 I also met your mother there, a really open and friendly woman. 201 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:40,440 She sees you more on television than at home nowadays 202 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:42,240 and she observes you closely. 203 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,240 Let's hear what she has to say. 204 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:49,200 For me, Angela was always so full of life, 205 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:54,560 very extroverted and very open. 206 00:20:54,640 --> 00:21:00,080 This very controlled, focused persona is somehow… 207 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:06,160 I don't want to say foreign, but new to me. 208 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:12,160 Of course, through her science studies, she acknowledges this too, 209 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,640 she learnt to think very precisely. 210 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:21,920 But I hope she keeps some of that openness 211 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:26,000 because I think it's part of who she is. 212 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,520 Maybe it's already… 213 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,200 a concession to holding a public office. 214 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,080 Your mother says you're making a concession, 215 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,320 but maybe at too high a cost? 216 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,240 I used to be a lively person. 217 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:49,240 My studies did formalize my thinking a lot and I've now also had the experience 218 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,240 that many things get taken out of context-- 219 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:55,160 So you feel that you haven't changed? 220 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,800 -I have. -You've retained that openness? 221 00:21:57,880 --> 00:21:59,240 No, I haven't retained it. 222 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:04,480 Today I think much more carefully about who I say what to and for what purpose 223 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,320 and what you can edit in and out and how it can be used later. 224 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,160 She cried once in Helmut Kohl's cabinet, 225 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,480 in a male-dominated cabinet. 226 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:17,480 And that went badly for her. 227 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,320 That was an almost traumatic experience for her, 228 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,200 "I am not allowed to cry in public, 229 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,440 and that means I should show as little emotion as possible." 230 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:32,120 In retrospect, that is certainly a weakness. 231 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,520 Federal Minister Dr. Angela Merkel, 232 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,720 are you willing to take the oath? 233 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:02,280 Yes, I swear it, so help me God. 234 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:11,440 What you have experienced is the steepest career ever. 235 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,840 It is said that you are a foster child of Helmut Kohl. 236 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:16,400 How has he fostered you? 237 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,880 Obviously, not that badly if you look at my career. 238 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,600 -You have a PhD in physics? -Correct. 239 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:27,560 Did you have these career aspirations already as a young girl? 240 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:32,840 I believe that my studying physics is connected to 241 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,480 the fact that I grew up in the DDR. 242 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:41,480 You always wondered what you could do that wouldn't involve too much lying 243 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,000 or that wouldn't put you in jeopardy 244 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,240 and because two times two equals four, even in the DDR. 245 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,080 At least mostly, if you calculated it yourself. 246 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:55,880 For those reasons, I studied physics, but I also enjoyed it. 247 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:59,120 If I'd had freedom to choose, I may have done something else. 248 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:00,960 What? I'm curious. 249 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:04,400 I think, in hindsight, I would have become a teacher, 250 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,800 probably teaching languages, not physics. 251 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:26,600 Well, the division and living behind a wall 252 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:30,800 was of course much more evident in Berlin than elsewhere in the DDR. 253 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:34,280 What I found remarkable was 254 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:37,560 that when she lived in her first flat in Berlin, 255 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:42,560 she stood at Friedrichstrasse Station every day, which is little known now, 256 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:47,000 where the large hall was reserved for Western trains 257 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,840 and the small hall was for the trains to the East. 258 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:54,640 Everything was neatly separated in the station, 259 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,080 and she waited for her train 260 00:25:57,160 --> 00:26:00,560 and heard the trains going to the West every day. 261 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:05,880 So, every morning on the way to work, 262 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:10,000 it was made clear to her that there was another world over there 263 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:11,680 that was forbidden to her. 264 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:41,320 During our studies, we also organized discos. 265 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:47,440 Of course we had to play "60/40," but the atmosphere was still the same. 266 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,440 For the Westerners here: 60% Eastern music, 40% Western music. 267 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:58,280 I didn't mean the proportion of alcohol to water… 268 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:04,680 but we had to play 60% music from the East. 269 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,480 We only started those tracks. 270 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:11,840 They only specified the origin of the tracks, 271 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:18,360 not the number of minutes to play, so there was some wiggle room there. 272 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,680 But there was always someone monitoring us. 273 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:25,880 We would organize our own discos in the physics building, 274 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,840 so I'm a bit of an expert. 275 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:31,880 If you pushed it too far and only played 30 seconds of an Eastern track 276 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:36,520 and too much of the Western tracks, then someone would come and stop it. 277 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:38,080 Did you DJ yourself? 278 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,040 No, I was the barmaid. 279 00:27:40,120 --> 00:27:41,200 -Barmaid! -Yes. 280 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:50,360 Basically, everyone knew that any gathering of 20 people 281 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,080 would include at least one person from the Stasi. 282 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:54,680 At the workplace… 283 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,480 or at school. 284 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,360 It was a part of life. 285 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,520 The most treacherous thing about it was 286 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,200 that they'd monitor whether you ever made a mistake, 287 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:12,880 whether you broke traffic rules, or had an extramarital affair, 288 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:17,080 or had done something that wasn't totally in line with the rules. 289 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:21,600 And that's when the Stasi very deliberately singled out people, 290 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,440 often in desperate situations, to blackmail them. 291 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:29,880 So much so that my parents told me, even as a child, 292 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,800 and we talked about this often, 293 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,240 if they approach you, always say you can't keep secrets 294 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,360 and that you'd have to tell someone. 295 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:41,080 And that was the only way to escape the Stasi. 296 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,280 You had to break through the conspiracy. 297 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:42,640 What actually happened in the summer of '89 in the former DDR? 298 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:47,400 It was clear that something had shifted in the Soviet Union. 299 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,000 Suddenly you could read certain newspapers 300 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,560 that said things that were forbidden before. 301 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:58,280 Of course in all the 40 years of the DDR, people never stopped dreaming of freedom. 302 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:49,880 It was incredibly exciting. 303 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:55,360 I went to the sauna that evening and then walked to West Berlin afterwards. 304 00:31:55,440 --> 00:32:01,000 It's a feeling that still brings tears to my eyes. 305 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:13,920 Where there used to be a dark wall, a door suddenly opened. 306 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:25,000 Everyone was suddenly given a chance to build something new, 307 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,960 to help shape the future, to dare a new beginning. 308 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,360 I, too, saw a new beginning. 309 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:37,000 I left my work as a physicist in the Academy of Sciences in East Berlin. 310 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,280 l left it behind me and went into politics. 311 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,720 Because I could finally shape things. 312 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,400 Because new horizons finally felt possible. 313 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,560 Now I can do something. 314 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:59,040 Back then, maybe a little later, I can't remember exactly, 315 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:02,000 a friend gave me a book with a dedication. 316 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,320 He wrote, "Go into the open." 317 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,800 And, oh, how I went off like many others too. 318 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:13,000 Out into the open, into the new. 319 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:18,440 Dear fellow citizens, 320 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,280 in just a few hours, a dream will become reality. 321 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,760 After more than 40 years of bitter separation, 322 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:41,480 Germany, our fatherland, is reunited. 323 00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:55,960 When you started out, 324 00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:59,520 were you driven by a desire for freedom or power? 325 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:03,200 Freedom, of course. No question about it. 326 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,840 The special thing about Merkel is that, in her mid-30s, 327 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,800 she had the chance to start her life afresh. 328 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:42,280 People don't normally get that chance. 329 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,000 It just doesn't happen. 330 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:45,800 Now you can change your life, 331 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,760 and that's what made Angela Merkel so interesting. 332 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:53,360 She moves from science into politics, 333 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:56,719 and in a short time, she's at the top, and excellent. 334 00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:59,640 And that is a kind of… 335 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:01,680 self-determination. 336 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:03,520 That's very impressive. 337 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:06,920 I'm not asking 338 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:11,840 if you'll be comfortable for Chancellor Kohl as deputy party leader. 339 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,080 I'm asking whether rebelliousness 340 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,880 and being contradictory, which younger people tend to be, 341 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:26,080 is an important or less important part of your personality? 342 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,600 Being contradictory is not central to my being, 343 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,360 but as I get older, I'm getting better at it. 344 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:38,560 I've perhaps had quite a different trajectory to others. 345 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,000 I think I was 346 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:45,480 less contradictory at 15 than I am today. 347 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,640 I think it's very important in politics. 348 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:50,640 -Contradiction. -You're learning? 349 00:35:50,720 --> 00:35:52,000 -You're learning it? -Yes 350 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,600 This might sound a bit silly or exaggerated, 351 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:58,120 but in five years, you might be less comfortable for Kohl than now? 352 00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:03,440 That can't be ruled out, but I can't predict it either. 353 00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:11,600 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. 354 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,440 In the donation scandal of the CDU, 355 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,800 former Chancellor Kohl is increasingly under fire. 356 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:22,960 The party urged him again today to clarify the anonymous donors. 357 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,160 Will you relent and give up the names? 358 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:42,800 I have to tell you something. You know what you're doing here 359 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,640 is a round-the-clock smear campaign. 360 00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:56,720 Well, Helmut Kohl needed money for his party, 361 00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:01,560 and he needed donations, and he had donors lined up. 362 00:37:02,240 --> 00:37:06,280 But large donations have to be declared in Germany, 363 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,000 and these donors… 364 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:11,680 apparently told him, 365 00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:15,440 "We'll give you money, but you can't make it public." 366 00:37:15,520 --> 00:37:18,120 "We have to remain anonymous." 367 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,880 And then it leaked anyway. 368 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:26,080 Helmut Kohl achieved a lot and-- 369 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:27,480 -Indisputably. -Yes. 370 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,080 Yes, you may laugh here now, 371 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:32,800 but some may also acknowledge 372 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,680 that he did things for the German reunification. 373 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,960 For the European Union. Those facts remain. 374 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:41,120 But that doesn't justify these mistakes. 375 00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:50,360 I regret that if, as a consequence of a lack of transparency and control, 376 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:56,320 I may have broken certain party financing laws. 377 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:02,640 I'm going to find out the truth, 378 00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:08,200 and those who made further mistakes, 379 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:09,600 let me tell you, 380 00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,600 they will have to live with the consequences, but-- 381 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,160 Ladies and gentlemen, this was our show. 382 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:26,280 Do you expect us to believe that this wasn't a backstabbing move 383 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,760 asking Mr. Kohl to accept the consequences? 384 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:34,720 I believe that many party members have a lot of questions, 385 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,440 and also feel uneasy, 386 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:42,960 and it was in this context that I wrote this article. 387 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:52,560 I remember that day very clearly, reading that article 388 00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:58,120 in which Angela Merkel got rid of Helmut Kohl, then leader of the CDU, 389 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,400 saying it was time for a new kind of politics. 390 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,600 That was the first time I thought, 391 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,040 "She's got guts, that woman." 392 00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:22,680 I'm not afraid, I don't have a guilty conscience. 393 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:25,520 And "pity" is also the wrong word. 394 00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,520 Personally, I owe Helmut Kohl a lot. 395 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:33,280 I've had a great time as a minister in his government. 396 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:35,640 But I've also felt let down. 397 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:00,160 Mrs. Merkel. 398 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,200 Great, that you could come. 399 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,240 You're very busy at the moment. 400 00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:05,680 We'll start as always: age? 401 00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:07,480 Forty-five. 402 00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:08,600 Height? 403 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:09,800 168 cm. 404 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:10,880 Weight? 405 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:12,280 A little over 70kg. 406 00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:13,880 Okay. Zodiac sign? 407 00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:14,800 Cancer. 408 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,320 What was the title of your PhD thesis? 409 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:20,520 The calculation of rate constants 410 00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:24,160 of elementary reactions of simple hydrocarbons. 411 00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:25,360 I'm impressed. 412 00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:29,640 Does Angela Merkel have what it takes to be Chancellor? 413 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:33,520 Just as much as the current or any other Chancellor. 414 00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:36,520 It is not a question of gender, 415 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:40,920 but she does have to change a few things, I have to admit. 416 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:45,040 I don't know who advises her on what clothes to wear. 417 00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,600 That's a complete mystery to me. 418 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:49,120 Do you mean more trendy? 419 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:50,240 Or more modern? 420 00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:51,400 She just needs to… 421 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:57,520 For example, on the Sabine Christiansen show with Hillary Clinton, 422 00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:01,200 her outfit was too modest. 423 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:02,840 Let me put it like that. 424 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:04,400 That's why… 425 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,120 That won't do. She needs better advice. 426 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:10,880 Mrs. Merkel, I want to talk about women in politics. 427 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:13,400 Do they have to compromise more 428 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:16,680 because they are resented for taking radical positions? 429 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:19,120 I don't think so. 430 00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:21,320 Overall, I think… 431 00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:25,800 that politics is a tough business anyway. 432 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:30,040 Secondly, perhaps women are more closely scrutinized. 433 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:35,160 Even if they do things well, people always try to find fault. 434 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:39,920 And thirdly, maybe it's also the case that compromise 435 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:43,200 is something that women also choose to do. 436 00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:45,880 I personally think it's right and good 437 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:49,440 to bring different opinions together to forge a consensus. 438 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:53,200 Experience has taught us that you can have a great idea, 439 00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:56,600 but you won't get very far if you don't find allies. 440 00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:22,080 A gift such as this is only possible since women also have a say in politics. 441 00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:26,520 The solution to the riddle is revealed on the back 442 00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:29,520 so that, dear Hillary, you're not confused either. 443 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,760 What I have only learned by observing Merkel 444 00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:45,920 is how baroque and energy wasting male politics actually is. 445 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:50,480 It's all about competition, retaliation. 446 00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:58,200 It's sweaty old boys' networks stirring up rumor and so on. 447 00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:04,360 So, all these emotions which to us now seem inherent to politics 448 00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:06,840 are a sort of poor man's Shakespeare, 449 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:11,560 all of which Angela Merkel just could not afford. 450 00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:16,600 She needed all the energy to get into this strange system at all. 451 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:21,920 So, only maximum efficiency, including emotional efficiency, 452 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,560 is what enabled her to get this far. 453 00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:28,960 A basic explanation for the success of Angela Merkel 454 00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:30,840 is expectation management. 455 00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:36,080 She always managed to set expectations as low as possible 456 00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:40,640 for herself, for summit outcomes, for negotiations, 457 00:44:40,720 --> 00:44:44,360 to be able to say afterwards, "It went better than expected." 458 00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:50,800 So, because she always set her own expectations so low… 459 00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:53,200 she was underestimated. 460 00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:55,120 That is also a secret of her success. 461 00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:57,440 Strong men especially always underestimated her 462 00:44:58,040 --> 00:45:00,240 and then paid a high price for that. 463 00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:04,280 This election is like no other. 464 00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:06,480 There is a lot at risk. 465 00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:10,920 Germany needs a clear direction and reliable politics. 466 00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:21,840 DECISION FOR GERMANY. 467 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:25,880 SEIZE OPPORTUNITIES! 468 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,680 When the TV shows white noise 469 00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:29,880 I lie down on the bed and imagine 470 00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:32,600 What it would be like If I were someone else 471 00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:35,560 Like chancellor, emperor, king or queen… 472 00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:40,200 VOTE FOR CHANGE! 473 00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:41,720 Day in, day out 474 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:43,040 I'd get around a lot 475 00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:44,640 I'd travel to the USA 476 00:45:44,720 --> 00:45:47,720 Bite Ronnie in the calf like Waldi did… 477 00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:49,840 We want to serve Germany. 478 00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,160 I want to serve Germany. 479 00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:57,880 If I were king of Germany 480 00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:03,000 All this and much more 481 00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:04,880 I would do 482 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:10,320 If I were king of Germany 483 00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:14,600 All this and much more 484 00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:16,760 I would do… 485 00:46:16,840 --> 00:46:18,880 You'll be the Chancellor of Germany. 486 00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:20,280 How do you feel? 487 00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:21,680 I feel… 488 00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:23,520 I feel good. 489 00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:28,040 I would do 490 00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:31,520 If I were king of Germany 491 00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:45,240 I swear that I'll dedicate my efforts to the wellbeing of the German people, 492 00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:49,040 promote their welfare, protect them from harm, 493 00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:53,680 uphold and defend the constitution and the laws of the Federation, 494 00:46:54,280 --> 00:47:00,080 perform my duties conscientiously and do justice to everyone. 495 00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:21,000 You are the first democratically elected female head of government in Germany. 496 00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:26,880 This is a strong signal for many women and certainly for some men too. 497 00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:24,440 I want to send you my greetings, Comrade Vinogradov, 498 00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:28,440 as the mission chief. 499 00:48:31,720 --> 00:48:33,600 Thank you so much. 500 00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:35,560 I am so glad you salute us. 501 00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:37,600 Thank you. 502 00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:40,240 You understand what I am saying? 503 00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:43,600 Hello, Madame Chancellor, our warmest welcome! 504 00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:49,680 In today's show, a one-on-one with Germany's most powerful politician, 505 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:51,760 Chancellor Angela Merkel. 506 00:48:54,040 --> 00:48:56,680 Welcome, dear viewers. I'm pleased to welcome you, 507 00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:59,080 and I'm pleased that our Chancellor is here. 508 00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:01,200 Angela Merkel, welcome. 509 00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:02,120 Good evening. 510 00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:03,600 Let's talk about Putin. 511 00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:07,360 Your first visit to Putin was on January 16th. 512 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:08,920 Do you speak Russian 513 00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:12,360 or do interpreters handle complicated topics? 514 00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:17,640 If it's a complicated issue, the interpreters handle that anyway. 515 00:49:17,720 --> 00:49:20,760 President Putin speaks better German than I do Russian, 516 00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:23,200 so when in doubt, he speaks German. 517 00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:25,360 He lived here for several years. 518 00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:30,280 And when he speaks Russian, I mostly understand him pretty well, 519 00:49:30,360 --> 00:49:33,080 but I rarely speak it myself. 520 00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:39,320 Do you relate to the Russian people because you know their country so well? 521 00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:44,440 Yes. I think that makes a difference. 522 00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:49,920 I know it quite well because of our history. 523 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:54,000 I can put myself in their shoes in some situations. 524 00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:58,560 Russia hasn't always had it easy. 525 00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:00,240 They don't have… 526 00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:03,800 They have experienced a very different history. 527 00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:06,840 And I want the country to be successful. 528 00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:33,440 Good morning. 529 00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:35,360 And welcome 530 00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:38,560 to our beautiful flight. 531 00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:41,000 And… 532 00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:45,960 let's get rid of the cameras first. 533 00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:21,400 At the start of 2007, when I visited President Putin, 534 00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:25,160 Germany held the EU Council presidency in the European Union. 535 00:52:25,240 --> 00:52:27,920 This was the infamous visit with the dog. 536 00:52:28,320 --> 00:52:31,840 And there he told me for the first time 537 00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:35,160 something which he has now also said publicly, 538 00:52:35,240 --> 00:52:38,000 that for him the disintegration of the Soviet Union 539 00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:40,560 was the worst event in the 20th century. 540 00:52:40,640 --> 00:52:45,120 And I said to him, for me that was the luckiest thing in my life. 541 00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:48,360 It meant I could experience freedom 542 00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:52,000 and do what I like and what gives me joy. 543 00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:56,240 It was quite clear, that this was a great difference between us. 544 00:52:56,320 --> 00:53:00,960 And that dissent just continued to evolve, 545 00:53:01,040 --> 00:53:06,120 and we have not succeeded in all these years 546 00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:11,040 to really end the Cold War, if you are really honest today. 547 00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:13,200 It is always… 548 00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:16,760 Despite all progress and the joy of the European unification 549 00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:20,840 and the many countries joining from Eastern and Central Europe, 550 00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,400 the issue of Russia has remained. 551 00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:28,960 With Putin, one should never forget the starting point. 552 00:53:29,040 --> 00:53:33,520 Putin is a really good friend of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder… 553 00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:39,840 and he meets this woman who "stole" the chancellorship from his friend, 554 00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:41,240 so to speak. 555 00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:44,920 And in simple 556 00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:47,640 male thought structures… 557 00:53:50,320 --> 00:53:55,280 this means that he not quite wants to "avenge" his friend, 558 00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:59,600 but he does want her to know that he preferred her predecessor. 559 00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:02,360 That's how Putin treated Merkel in the beginning. 560 00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,600 And this is a behavior… 561 00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:07,360 This… 562 00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:10,200 this rough… 563 00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:13,760 sometimes condescending lecturing manner. 564 00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:16,440 Merkel experienced this again and again. 565 00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:12,480 You were bitten by a dog once. 566 00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:14,920 He wanted to intimidate you. 567 00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:16,560 Was that really how it happened? 568 00:55:16,640 --> 00:55:18,240 Someone said to me recently 569 00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:24,760 that it was a female Labrador, and he asked beforehand. 570 00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:26,960 Maybe he wanted to bring you joy? 571 00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:28,160 Well… 572 00:55:29,800 --> 00:55:32,120 you can believe that if you want. 573 00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:36,040 On my first visit to the Kremlin, before the Sochi visit, 574 00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:37,200 it was… 575 00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:39,920 Putin had said to me, 576 00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:45,440 "I heard you have a problem with dogs" and gave me a big stuffed dog. 577 00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:50,400 So, in that respect, I can't see that dog in Sochi as a loving coincidence. 578 00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:52,120 -And he didn't ask? -Dog. 579 00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:55,200 I wasn't aware of anyone asking. 580 00:55:55,280 --> 00:55:57,920 Maybe my people didn't dare to tell me, 581 00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:00,840 but I really can't imagine that. 582 00:56:00,920 --> 00:56:01,920 No, no. 583 00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:04,040 It doesn't matter anyway. 584 00:56:04,120 --> 00:56:06,960 A brave chancellor has to be able to deal with a dog… 585 00:57:21,760 --> 00:57:25,680 Merkel's failure in the Russia question 586 00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:28,400 was not how she dealt with Russia, 587 00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:33,280 but how she dealt with German energy and German security. 588 00:57:33,360 --> 00:57:36,960 For Merkel, Germany's prosperity was most important. 589 00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:40,360 That was always her highest priority. 590 00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:44,320 She wanted to both maintain and expand Germany's prosperity, 591 00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:46,640 and she was certainly successful. 592 00:57:46,720 --> 00:57:50,920 That's one of the big achievements of her Chancellorship. 593 00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:52,880 But now we know the cost of that. 594 00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:57,200 The price was this close reliance on Russia. 595 00:57:57,280 --> 00:58:02,360 It provided us with cheap energy, and that was part of our prosperity. 596 00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:05,360 We paid those cheap rates. 597 00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:49,720 Next, you have to choose between East or West. 598 00:58:56,400 --> 00:58:58,400 I can't choose both, can I? 599 00:58:58,480 --> 00:59:00,320 We could ask general questions? 600 00:59:00,400 --> 00:59:02,960 General questions? Let's stick to the West. 601 00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:05,040 I have enough memories of the East. 602 00:59:24,640 --> 00:59:27,880 The land of unlimited opportunity 603 00:59:27,960 --> 00:59:31,000 was for many years of my life 604 00:59:31,080 --> 00:59:33,960 the land of unattainable opportunities. 605 00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:37,320 From films and books, 606 00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:40,640 some smuggled in from the West by relatives, 607 00:59:40,720 --> 00:59:44,080 I got an idea of the United States. 608 00:59:49,360 --> 00:59:51,840 I was passionate about the American dream, 609 00:59:52,360 --> 00:59:55,560 the opportunity for everyone to be successful, 610 00:59:55,640 --> 00:59:58,880 to make it in life by working hard. 611 01:00:00,280 --> 01:00:05,480 Like many other teenagers, I was crazy about jeans of a certain brand 612 01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:09,720 that were not available in the former DDR 613 01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:13,960 and which my aunt regularly sent to me from the West. 614 01:00:14,760 --> 01:00:18,880 I was passionate about the vast American landscape 615 01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:22,520 which seemed to evoke the spirit of freedom and independence. 616 01:00:23,080 --> 01:00:28,120 In 1990, my husband and I flew to America for the first time, 617 01:00:28,200 --> 01:00:29,600 to California. 618 01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:33,120 Never will we forget our first glimpse of the Pacific Ocean. 619 01:00:33,680 --> 01:00:35,360 It was simply magnificent. 620 01:00:51,120 --> 01:00:55,480 One morning, I entered a shop and was asked, 621 01:00:56,200 --> 01:00:57,080 "How are you?" 622 01:00:57,160 --> 01:01:01,080 So I started mumbling, then another big, smiley, "How are you?" 623 01:01:02,880 --> 01:01:07,800 So I was forced to come out of my stiff North German shell 624 01:01:07,880 --> 01:01:12,240 and respond with a jolly, "Great!" which I managed to muster. 625 01:02:21,320 --> 01:02:24,040 Barack Obama, in the beginning, 626 01:02:24,120 --> 01:02:28,680 he wanted to speak by the Brandenburg Gate in Germany… 627 01:02:28,760 --> 01:02:33,480 and she refused because she wanted to reserve that place for presidents only. 628 01:02:33,560 --> 01:02:37,280 And then he spoke at the Siegessäule in Berlin instead 629 01:02:37,360 --> 01:02:41,680 in front of 200,000 people, full of enthusiasm, 630 01:02:42,280 --> 01:02:44,160 and he was still only a candidate. 631 01:02:44,240 --> 01:02:46,400 And then she made it clear 632 01:02:47,400 --> 01:02:51,400 that she is always very skeptical when people are celebrated like a Messiah. 633 01:04:10,960 --> 01:04:14,080 The Medal of Freedom for Angela Merkel 634 01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:18,920 is her highest, best and most beautiful accolade. 635 01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:24,600 That was, I would say, her most important award, 636 01:04:24,680 --> 01:04:27,040 her most important recognition. 637 01:04:27,120 --> 01:04:29,440 That country, her land of desire, 638 01:04:29,520 --> 01:04:33,560 the values embodied by the United States, 639 01:04:35,040 --> 01:04:37,960 the transatlantic relationship, that's important to her, 640 01:04:38,040 --> 01:04:41,280 and to receive it from a president like Obama 641 01:04:41,360 --> 01:04:44,680 who really told a sort of fairy tale. 642 01:05:07,600 --> 01:05:11,440 For many years, like many others, I dreamt of freedom… 643 01:05:12,680 --> 01:05:15,920 including the freedom to travel to the USA. 644 01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:22,400 But that I would one day stand in the Rose Garden of the White House 645 01:05:22,480 --> 01:05:27,400 to receive the Medal of Freedom from an American president, 646 01:05:27,480 --> 01:05:31,960 that was certainly beyond my wildest dreams. 647 01:06:10,920 --> 01:06:15,240 "Everyday life" or "state of emergency," which would you rather talk about? 648 01:06:16,200 --> 01:06:17,200 Everyday life. 649 01:06:17,680 --> 01:06:20,160 -But sometimes they are the same. -Yes… 650 01:06:23,160 --> 01:06:24,360 Sometimes. 651 01:07:09,280 --> 01:07:13,800 Most of us don't know the feeling of exhaustion on the run 652 01:07:14,360 --> 01:07:20,320 coupled with fear for your life or for that of your children or partner. 653 01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:21,960 We are lucky. 654 01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:26,520 And I say quite simply, Germany is a strong country, 655 01:07:27,160 --> 01:07:32,280 and the way we deal with this has to be, 656 01:07:32,360 --> 01:07:34,480 "We did so much, we can do this." 657 01:07:58,240 --> 01:07:59,360 It is true that… 658 01:08:00,960 --> 01:08:04,880 for her, the idea that a person 659 01:08:05,720 --> 01:08:06,840 who… 660 01:08:08,280 --> 01:08:10,840 had lived in a state that had walled her in, 661 01:08:12,160 --> 01:08:16,120 who had experienced that walls cannot be a solution in the long run, 662 01:08:17,240 --> 01:08:19,800 that this same person could be responsible 663 01:08:19,880 --> 01:08:23,760 to build new walls in the form of fences, that was something that… 664 01:08:24,680 --> 01:08:27,640 both emotionally and personally… 665 01:08:29,279 --> 01:08:30,600 was impossible. 666 01:09:11,760 --> 01:09:14,160 Merkel! Merkel! Merkel! 667 01:09:22,240 --> 01:09:23,120 Please, a photo? 668 01:09:23,200 --> 01:09:25,080 Not now. I have to say something. 669 01:09:25,840 --> 01:09:29,880 From Berlin, the Chancellor in the refugee crisis. 670 01:09:29,960 --> 01:09:32,560 Can we really do it, Mrs. Merkel? 671 01:09:33,160 --> 01:09:35,319 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. 672 01:09:35,399 --> 01:09:37,120 Nice to have you all with us. 673 01:09:39,200 --> 01:09:40,600 Thank you for being here. 674 01:09:41,080 --> 01:09:42,840 Welcome, Madame Chancellor. 675 01:09:44,080 --> 01:09:45,040 Thank you. 676 01:09:45,120 --> 01:09:48,120 Right now the whole world is pressuring you 677 01:09:48,200 --> 01:09:51,279 to finally admit that we can't do it after all, 678 01:09:51,359 --> 01:09:55,040 to take in hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of refugees. 679 01:09:55,120 --> 01:09:56,600 We can't cope. 680 01:09:56,680 --> 01:09:59,360 Are they right? Can we not do it after all? 681 01:09:59,920 --> 01:10:02,760 We can do it. I'm convinced of that. 682 01:10:03,320 --> 01:10:05,000 Germany is a strong country. 683 01:10:05,080 --> 01:10:06,680 Germany is a great country. 684 01:10:06,760 --> 01:10:09,600 I like my country, and I'm not the only one. 685 01:10:09,680 --> 01:10:12,040 Millions of others like this country, 686 01:10:12,120 --> 01:10:17,040 and so the task is simply to believe that we can do it 687 01:10:17,120 --> 01:10:18,920 and then we will manage it. 688 01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:21,320 I have no doubt at all. 689 01:10:22,520 --> 01:10:25,480 Imagine, we were all to say we can't do it. 690 01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:27,920 Then what? 691 01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:30,560 Borders for Angela Merkel represent 692 01:10:30,640 --> 01:10:33,680 the most distressing and threatening part of her life. 693 01:10:33,760 --> 01:10:36,400 And she did not want to be in any way responsible 694 01:10:36,480 --> 01:10:38,200 for borders being erected again. 695 01:10:38,280 --> 01:10:40,120 I can understand that very well. 696 01:10:40,920 --> 01:10:46,280 And yet I think, in terms of state policy, the decision not to close the borders 697 01:10:46,360 --> 01:10:49,280 after the correct decision to open them initially 698 01:10:49,360 --> 01:10:50,960 was a decision that… 699 01:10:52,680 --> 01:10:54,920 caused more harm than good. 700 01:11:12,200 --> 01:11:14,040 Germany for Germans! Foreigners out! 701 01:11:14,120 --> 01:11:15,640 TRAVEL ENJOYMENT 702 01:11:22,960 --> 01:11:24,600 ENEMIES OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE 703 01:11:24,680 --> 01:11:27,280 GERMAN HATERS TO THE GULAG 704 01:11:27,360 --> 01:11:29,720 We have zero tolerance 705 01:11:29,800 --> 01:11:33,360 for those who do not respect the dignity of others. 706 01:11:33,440 --> 01:11:35,480 We are going to hunt her down. 707 01:11:36,720 --> 01:11:39,560 We are going to hunt down Mrs. Merkel. 708 01:11:42,560 --> 01:11:44,320 TRAITOR OF THE PEOPLE 709 01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:50,800 MERKEL MUST GO 710 01:11:52,000 --> 01:11:58,240 Well, it's part of life for a politician to get insulted now and again. 711 01:11:59,360 --> 01:12:00,960 I'm not bothered by this. 712 01:12:01,040 --> 01:12:03,000 What I am bothered by is 713 01:12:03,080 --> 01:12:07,800 the hate and the mood in our country. 714 01:12:07,880 --> 01:12:09,960 And my response is very clear: 715 01:12:10,040 --> 01:12:12,960 we have to draw a line in the sand. 716 01:12:13,040 --> 01:12:14,400 POLICE 717 01:12:20,840 --> 01:12:25,480 To be completely honest, if we have to start apologizing for the fact 718 01:12:25,560 --> 01:12:30,320 that we show a friendly face in an emergency situation, 719 01:12:30,400 --> 01:12:33,000 then this is not my country. 720 01:13:27,600 --> 01:13:30,920 This is the Erste Deutsche Fernsehen showing the Tagesschau. 721 01:13:38,560 --> 01:13:40,880 Your host today, Jens Riewa. 722 01:13:40,960 --> 01:13:44,600 Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Tagesschau. 723 01:13:44,680 --> 01:13:48,040 The Republican Donald Trump will be the new US president. 724 01:14:05,120 --> 01:14:08,320 Germany and America are connected by shared values. 725 01:14:09,040 --> 01:14:13,400 Democracy, freedom, respect for the law 726 01:14:13,920 --> 01:14:15,440 and the dignity of people 727 01:14:16,120 --> 01:14:18,040 regardless of origin, 728 01:14:18,120 --> 01:14:21,760 skin color, religion, gender, 729 01:14:21,840 --> 01:14:26,200 sexual orientation or political belief. 730 01:14:27,560 --> 01:14:29,200 Based on these values, 731 01:14:29,680 --> 01:14:33,720 I offer the future president of the United States of America, 732 01:14:33,800 --> 01:14:36,920 Donald Trump, a close partnership. 733 01:15:26,200 --> 01:15:30,600 And now I'm struggling with this farewell. 734 01:15:31,520 --> 01:15:34,400 Of course, when you've worked well with someone, 735 01:15:34,480 --> 01:15:36,720 then the goodbye is difficult, 736 01:15:36,800 --> 01:15:40,880 but we are all politicians, and democracy lives off change. 737 01:15:41,800 --> 01:15:48,280 And the United States constitution strictly lays this out, 738 01:15:48,360 --> 01:15:51,200 "After eight years, there will be a new president." 739 01:15:52,040 --> 01:15:53,920 So, then… 740 01:15:54,920 --> 01:15:58,680 So, then the task is 741 01:15:58,760 --> 01:16:02,040 for Germany to continue to have good transatlantic relations 742 01:16:02,120 --> 01:16:03,760 and to look forward. 743 01:16:04,360 --> 01:16:06,640 And if we want to meet, 744 01:16:06,720 --> 01:16:11,480 we have free movement in all of Germany, thank God, 745 01:16:11,560 --> 01:16:17,000 so we are not "in different worlds" as we say. 746 01:17:19,840 --> 01:17:24,760 In that sense, she certainly is in the political world, 747 01:17:25,240 --> 01:17:29,240 in the whole world, quite an exception. 748 01:17:29,320 --> 01:17:33,920 Firstly, that she never used politics to enrich herself. 749 01:17:34,960 --> 01:17:39,000 Secondly, she didn't use it to further a certain caste of people. 750 01:17:39,800 --> 01:17:43,760 I mean, how distrustful must she be of a man like Trump 751 01:17:43,840 --> 01:17:45,480 even before his election? 752 01:17:45,560 --> 01:17:48,040 Someone who presents himself as a billionaire, 753 01:17:48,120 --> 01:17:53,240 but you don't know whether it's a billion in debt or in the bank. 754 01:19:19,560 --> 01:19:24,200 She always puts herself into the other person's position. 755 01:19:25,400 --> 01:19:28,680 In smaller circles, she would often say, 756 01:19:29,920 --> 01:19:32,320 "What would we do if we were Trump?" 757 01:19:32,800 --> 01:19:36,680 "What does he need to do to appeal to his voters?" 758 01:19:38,280 --> 01:19:39,800 And if I can imagine that, 759 01:19:39,880 --> 01:19:44,120 then maybe I can succeed or put forward an argument 760 01:19:44,920 --> 01:19:47,280 that particularly appeals to him. 761 01:21:27,440 --> 01:21:30,200 Facial expressions often give us away-- 762 01:21:30,280 --> 01:21:31,800 Yes, that's true! 763 01:21:32,920 --> 01:21:36,640 -Mine in particular. -Do your facial expressions reveal… 764 01:21:37,760 --> 01:21:41,080 -Reveal? -Do they reveal more than you'd like? 765 01:21:41,600 --> 01:21:44,880 I think you have to be true to yourself. 766 01:21:46,960 --> 01:21:48,960 Sometimes they give things away. 767 01:21:49,040 --> 01:21:51,640 -Do you-- -I mean, it's not a tragedy either. 768 01:21:51,720 --> 01:21:57,120 If you only wear a poker face, then that wouldn't be much fun for others. 769 01:22:23,040 --> 01:22:26,320 Is Donald Trump still a partner for the G7? 770 01:22:28,200 --> 01:22:33,680 Look, these discussions are important, understanding each other's point of view. 771 01:22:33,760 --> 01:22:37,600 In these tough negotiations, we don't sit around smiling at each other. 772 01:22:37,680 --> 01:22:42,040 We discussed customs, trade and relations to Russia and-- 773 01:22:42,120 --> 01:22:47,320 But Donald Trump thinks that he no longer has to comply 774 01:22:47,400 --> 01:22:51,040 with the constitutional value-driven world order. 775 01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:55,520 He does it his way, in bilateral talks, by way of "deals." 776 01:22:56,480 --> 01:22:59,400 Yeah, you can even make multilateral "deals." 777 01:22:59,480 --> 01:23:02,280 We do this all the time at the European Council-- 778 01:23:02,360 --> 01:23:04,360 I am surprised by your calmness. 779 01:23:04,440 --> 01:23:08,200 Look, the situation is not pretty. 780 01:23:08,280 --> 01:23:11,840 I spoke of disillusion, which is a very strong word for me. 781 01:23:11,920 --> 01:23:15,200 I might even say it is depressing. 782 01:23:15,920 --> 01:23:18,240 But I personally… 783 01:24:25,520 --> 01:24:27,920 I still personally remember the wall, 784 01:24:28,000 --> 01:24:32,920 the East German dictatorship, the fear of the Stasi spying apparatus, 785 01:24:33,640 --> 01:24:36,160 the lack of freedom and the constraints. 786 01:24:36,680 --> 01:24:40,880 So, the end of the division and the establishment of democracy remain 787 01:24:40,960 --> 01:24:43,800 and will always be something special to me. 788 01:24:59,320 --> 01:25:03,840 Because I know that democracy was hard won and I know that 789 01:25:03,920 --> 01:25:07,640 democracy must also be lived, fulfilled, and protected. 790 01:25:08,440 --> 01:25:11,640 It needs us as much as we need it. 791 01:25:12,640 --> 01:25:14,400 Democracy is not a given. 792 01:25:15,080 --> 01:25:19,720 But we must repeatedly work together to maintain it, every day. 793 01:25:20,800 --> 01:25:25,720 Sometimes I fear that we take democratic success for granted. 794 01:25:26,880 --> 01:25:29,280 As if we don't have to worry, 795 01:25:29,360 --> 01:25:33,880 as if it's passed down from generation to generation as a matter of course. 796 01:25:35,560 --> 01:25:37,320 But we are experiencing 797 01:25:37,400 --> 01:25:41,520 visible attacks on important values such as freedom of the press. 798 01:25:42,120 --> 01:25:47,080 We are experiencing a society in which lies and misinformation, 799 01:25:47,160 --> 01:25:52,440 resentment and hatred are stoked without inhibition and without shame. 800 01:26:21,760 --> 01:26:26,640 Merkel said in her inaugural speech, "I want to serve Germany," 801 01:26:26,720 --> 01:26:30,440 and she has repeated it since, and that's how she sees herself. 802 01:26:30,520 --> 01:26:34,440 This sense of duty in the Protestant tradition, 803 01:26:34,520 --> 01:26:39,480 it's not about you, you're not the center of attention. 804 01:26:39,560 --> 01:26:40,880 You stay… 805 01:26:41,480 --> 01:26:44,800 It sounds a bit lofty, but "humble." 806 01:26:44,880 --> 01:26:47,480 "I am the first employee of this Republic." 807 01:26:48,960 --> 01:26:50,600 She embodied that. 808 01:26:51,280 --> 01:26:54,080 She never came close to scandal. 809 01:26:54,160 --> 01:26:57,120 She's never been suspected of enriching herself 810 01:26:57,200 --> 01:27:00,880 or ever showed any inclination for corruption. 811 01:27:18,960 --> 01:27:19,960 Thank you. 812 01:27:21,880 --> 01:27:24,720 You have to come back for the cameras. 813 01:27:27,080 --> 01:27:28,520 With the certificate? 814 01:27:35,000 --> 01:27:38,440 The longer you've been Chancellor, the longer you have to stand. 815 01:27:38,520 --> 01:27:39,400 Thank you. 816 01:27:39,800 --> 01:27:44,120 Standing here before you today, I feel, above all, 817 01:27:45,040 --> 01:27:47,240 gratitude and humility. 818 01:27:48,400 --> 01:27:52,880 Humility before the office which I was able to hold for so long. 819 01:27:53,440 --> 01:27:57,680 Gratitude for the trust that I was able to experience. 820 01:27:58,720 --> 01:28:02,960 The 16 years as Federal Chancellor were eventful 821 01:28:03,040 --> 01:28:05,280 and often very challenging years. 822 01:28:06,080 --> 01:28:09,840 They challenged me politically and personally. 823 01:28:10,600 --> 01:28:13,080 At the same time, they always sustained me. 824 01:28:25,840 --> 01:28:31,680 Our democracy survives on its capability for critical debate and self-correction. 825 01:28:32,720 --> 01:28:35,360 It lives on the constant balancing of interests 826 01:28:36,160 --> 01:28:38,200 and from respect for one another. 827 01:28:39,560 --> 01:28:41,840 It thrives on solidarity and trust, 828 01:28:42,880 --> 01:28:45,840 also on the trust in facts, 829 01:28:46,520 --> 01:28:51,280 and on the basis that everywhere where scientific evidence is denied, 830 01:28:51,920 --> 01:28:54,760 where conspiracy theories and hatred are spread, 831 01:28:55,360 --> 01:28:57,280 opposition must be loud. 832 01:29:04,760 --> 01:29:08,640 When I was 16, I whispered 833 01:29:09,920 --> 01:29:14,480 I want to be great, be a winner 834 01:29:15,360 --> 01:29:18,360 Be happy, never tell a lie 835 01:29:18,840 --> 01:29:22,960 When I was 16, I whispered 836 01:29:24,240 --> 01:29:25,440 I want… 837 01:29:26,080 --> 01:29:27,920 I want it all 838 01:29:29,320 --> 01:29:31,160 Or nothing 839 01:29:32,880 --> 01:29:34,480 For me 840 01:29:35,120 --> 01:29:40,080 It should rain red roses 841 01:29:40,560 --> 01:29:47,000 I want to experience all such miracles 842 01:29:47,720 --> 01:29:54,640 The world should reform itself 843 01:29:55,080 --> 01:30:01,440 And keep its sorrows to itself 844 01:30:05,720 --> 01:30:09,120 And later, I said 845 01:30:09,640 --> 01:30:12,120 I don't want to be alone 846 01:30:14,320 --> 01:30:16,240 And yet be free 847 01:30:17,360 --> 01:30:19,880 Well, Angela wasn't good at defending herself. 848 01:30:20,720 --> 01:30:22,520 That was… 849 01:30:23,400 --> 01:30:26,360 because she wanted to live in peace with the world. 850 01:30:27,040 --> 01:30:28,640 It was a problem, 851 01:30:28,720 --> 01:30:32,160 and if anyone hit her, maybe during playtime, 852 01:30:32,240 --> 01:30:34,200 she'd say to me, "Mother, I ran away." 853 01:30:34,280 --> 01:30:35,920 I'd ask, "Did you hit back?" 854 01:30:36,000 --> 01:30:37,800 "No, I ran away." 855 01:30:40,920 --> 01:30:43,920 It shall manage my destiny 856 01:30:44,520 --> 01:30:47,360 With love 857 01:30:51,080 --> 01:30:52,920 And then at some point, 858 01:30:53,000 --> 01:30:55,640 she was 13, we'd been working on it, I said, 859 01:30:55,720 --> 01:30:57,280 "You must defend yourself. 860 01:30:57,360 --> 01:30:59,800 If someone hits you, you have to hit back. 861 01:30:59,880 --> 01:31:00,880 You have to." 862 01:31:02,280 --> 01:31:04,760 I cannot be content 863 01:31:04,840 --> 01:31:06,920 I still want to win 864 01:31:07,000 --> 01:31:08,440 Want all 865 01:31:10,160 --> 01:31:11,800 Or nothing 866 01:31:11,880 --> 01:31:12,960 And… 867 01:31:14,720 --> 01:31:17,520 at maybe 13, during math class, 868 01:31:18,160 --> 01:31:21,200 there was a classmate that bothered her so much 869 01:31:22,480 --> 01:31:26,040 that she gave him a good old slap in the face. 870 01:31:26,680 --> 01:31:28,560 And the teacher said, "Bravo!" 871 01:31:29,760 --> 01:31:33,200 Then we knew that she'd be all right. 872 01:31:33,960 --> 01:31:36,000 She'll find her own way. 873 01:31:36,800 --> 01:31:39,440 …what is expected 874 01:31:39,520 --> 01:31:42,680 Keep the most 875 01:31:46,840 --> 01:31:48,480 I want 876 01:31:50,400 --> 01:31:52,360 I want