I Never Underestimated Myself. And

The Plurality Of German Campaign Formats, Including The Televised Debates, Reflect That We In Germany Don't Directly Vote For A Person Like In The United States Or In France, But For Parties. We Have A Different System.

I Fortunately Know Very Many People, And There Are Many, Many More That I Don't Know And Many Politicians Who Stand Up For The Same Values Of Democracy Of Liberal Societies, Of Open Societies Of Respect For The Dignity Of Man.

It's Not Five Minutes To Midnight. It's Five Minutes After Midnight.

There's Another Point That I Wanted To Mention Here, Particularly The Engagement And Commitment To Africa. For Us Europeans, Africa As A Neighboring Continent Is Of Prime Importance. The Development Of African Countries Is In Our Very Own Vested Interest.

We Europeans Must Really Take Our Destiny Into Our Own Hands, Of Course In Friendship With The United States, In Friendship With Great Britain, With Other Neighbors Wherever Possible, Also With Russia. But We Must Know That We Need To Fight For Our Future Ourselves, As Europeans, For Our Destiny.