My office has a view of low-cost housing, old East German prefabricated apartment buildings. It isn't an attractive view, but it's very helpful, beca….

The idea that the growing demand for energy worldwide can be met with energy from nuclear power is nonsense..

I hope that a German foreign policy in 2028 will be part of a European foreign policy, because even the strong country of Germany won't really have a….

A major danger for us Europeans: We must demonstrate that those who have this view of us are mistaken, that we can come to agreement, that we as a co….

Maybe it is the last chance for Europe to influence standards for world trade. Next it will be between the US and the Asia-Pacific region..

The claim that democracy and efficiency are contradictory is nonsense. That's evident in the history of democracy itself, because it is only democrat….

But, as environment minister, I am very interested in a thriving German automobile industry, because I can only pay for the rising costs of environme….

Economically and politically, Germany is extremely stable. There are countries with functioning governments whose institutions don't work. My only co….

I hope Gunter Grass will continue helping the SPD in campaigns and that he will otherwise remain with us as a provocative literary figure, as well..

However, I have a low opinion of people with narrow political horizons. Someone who talks about the environment and knows nothing about economics can….

Besides Germany, the only countries that don't have speed limits are places like Nepal, where road conditions are so bad that a limit would be beside….

Taming the financial markets and winning back democratic control over them is the central condition for creating a new social balance in Germany and ….

Countries that work with Europe should feel safer than they would if they worked with non-democratic regimes. Why isn't Europe building infrastructur….

It isn't easy for everyone in Germany to make ends meet through well-paid work in Germany. You have to have sufficient skills and work hard. And I al….

Without sound conservation and management measures, fisheries will quickly become depleted and a basic component of global food security will be lost..

The production of natural resources in agriculture, forestry and fisheries, stable natural hydrological cycles, fertile soils, a balanced climate and….

Less and less is the question being asked as to whether developments are taking place in a democratic and free way. Europe is in a phase in which thi….

Finding the right form of debate regarding Israeli policies will remain a challenge in Germany. Even with every conceivable and warranted criticism, ….

It is clear that there are reasons for discontent in Iran - economic and political reasons. We have told the Iranian leadership repeatedly that the c….

When you think back today to a time more than 70 years ago when Germany was a terrible place, a place people were afraid of, it is a wonderful develo….

The truth is that we have long had a multi-track Europe with very different objectives. The traditional differences between the north and the south i….