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Another question which

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to my surprise made it to the top

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of the online ranking

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will be asked by a reader of the newspaper Leipziger Volkszeitung,

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Mr. Robert Fleischer.

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Hello Mr. Schulz, nice to have you here.

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My question is about freedom of information in Germany.

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And I'm dead serious about this.

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21 countries in the world

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have released their formerly classified UFO files,

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including France, Great Britain,

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Italy and Spain.

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I have the complete list here, so in case you're interested,

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I'd be happy to provide it.

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Shouldn't Germany release their files as well

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and would you as chancellor support that?

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I'm not asking whether you know anything about UFO files,

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but rather if you would advocate

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for the release of secret UFO files.

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I must admit I haven't dealt with this issue yet.

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(audience: "Not necessary anyway!")

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In France, there's an official government body studying UFOs.

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Let me try to give you

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a legally correct answer.

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If those files have not been published

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because they are classified as secret,

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then I can’t just promise you to release them

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without respecting the legal provisions.

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Because as chancellor, you're obliged to obey the law.

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However, I can promise you I would check

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which are the requirements

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and why they are classified as secret.

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And if there's no further need

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to uphold classification in that regard,

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I would propose the Bundestag to open them to the public.

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Thank you.