Iran is the only country in the world that's threatening to erase another country from the map as part of a collective genocide..

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

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….

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….

Real life is happening outside and not in front of a computer..

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

I'm hearing different things, but there is concern that stable Germany is no longer quite so stable..

The shadow of an exit of Greece from the euro zone takes on ever clearer shape, repeated apparently final attempts to reach a deal are starting to ma….

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 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….

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

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….

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..

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

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..

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….

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….

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

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