Joschka Fischer
The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe.
A transitional government is the beginning of a transfer of sovereignty. It's a question of Iraqi security and moving forward with the political process.
Everybody is talking today about the economy.
I don't believe, in the 21st century, in the balance of power system. This is a European idea of the 19th and 20th centuries.
India has been contributing very much to the reconstruction of Afghanistan; we are strongly engaged there.
Solutions must be based on compromises.
The situation in Iraq is dangerous but the regional situation is also very complicated and precarious.
The United States is our most important ally. They helped us many times. Without the United States, the unification or German democratisation after the Nazi period would have been much more complicated, or almost impossible.
There are differences in the world community. But we have a common interest in a strong multilateral system.
There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system.
We are ready to train new Iraqi forces outside Iraq. We did it in Abu Dhabi.
We had to move forward after the war and see the realities.
We have an interest in excellent relations because we are neighbours as Europeans with Russia. We are allies with the United States in the NATO framework.
We have every interest in seeing that the military use of nuclear power will be contained.
We shouldn't discuss the world of tomorrow in terms of becoming a balance to the United States. The real issue is whether the United States will define herself as part of the U.N. system-or not.
We were in opposition to the decision to go to war. But after the war happened, it was clear that you could not sit and look-there would be a breeding ground for terrorism or a new collapsed or failed state named Iraq!
We will not send troops. Germany is not committed to Iraq - we will not commit ourselves with troops.
What will we do in a globalised world? All human beings are equal, so they have the same right to have the same lifestyle-the same social security, jobs, education.
You must see the persons who are in charge - persons you can punish or vote for.
Taking stock of 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' a decade later, the Financial Times concluded that the US won the war, Iran won the peace, and Turkey won the contracts. I can only agree.Collection: War
Germany is to be contained from outside and heterogenized from the inside by influx, 'diluted' so to speak.Collection: Germany
Transforming the European Union into a single State with one army, one constitution and one foreign policy is the critical challenge of the ageCollection: Army
The future of the German automobile industry is very much at stake. Will we help shape the upheaval that goes along with the shift to electric cars or will we suffer from it? We are the country of automobiles. If we aren't able to remain out front technologically, it will be painful. That is one of the decisive questions when it comes to jobs, income and prosperity - and not just for a few of the wealthy or super-rich, but for a huge number of people.Collection: Country
We already have a federation. The 11, soon to be 12, member States adopting the euro have already given up part of their sovereignty, monetary sovereignty, and formed a monetary union, and that is the first step towards a federation.Collection: Europe
An enlarged Union based on Nice is not in the interest of any Member State ... This is not a threat. This is a messenger delivering news.Collection: Nice
Let's forget the reunification, let's just shut up and don't talk about that topic for the next 20 years.Collection: Years
There are a lot of active AfD members in Germany and people in party leadership positions who speak like Nazis and think like Nazis. AfD parliamentary floor leader Alexander Gauland wants to "take back our country and our people." Umm, hello? Haven't we heard that before? I had hoped and thought that our society had advanced beyond that. But we have to realize: They're back.Collection: Country
With the arrival of the refugees in 2015, it became impossible to ignore that the period of uninterrupted sunshine that Germany had enjoyed had come to an end. The vast problems of the 21st century are knocking on our door. That is also true of the dramatic changes that we can see globally, for example with Brexit and the election of Donald Trump. You can't win people over by saying nothing and biding your time, as Angela Merkel has tried to do. People want leadership - in the best sense of the term.Collection: Sunshine
The EU is on the brink of becoming a European Federation by the year 2010... I feel sure that Britain will fall in line.Collection: Fall
You must see the persons who are in charge-persons you can punish or vote for.Collection: Vote
I never use the concept, multipolar. I use multilateral. Because we have only one global power: whether you like it or not, this is the United States.Collection: Communication