"Suddenly Europe is speaking German," boasts Volker Kauder, the CDU's parliamentary leader.

基民盟的议会领导人Volker Kauder吹嘘道，“现在，整个欧洲突然都说德语了”。

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Volker Kauder, a political ally, sums it up like this: Germany is not here to finance French election promises.

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Volker Kauder is one of the more forthright members of the Bundestag.

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When German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle implied that the terms for Greece could be relaxed, Volker Kauder, the leader of the conservative parliamentary group, bluntly contradicted him, saying that, if anything, Greece should implement the austerity measures faster.

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