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What We Have At Present Is A System Of Loss Socialism. Whatever Goes Wrong Is Shouldered By The General Public And Anything That Works Is Privatised. Worshippers Of Market Freedom Have Suspended The Most Important Economic Principle: Risk And Liability Go Hand In Hand.

We, The Social Democrats, Are Convinced That Capitalism Needs To Be Tamed A Second Time. The First Time We Achieved That In Germany For Many Decades With The Social Market Economy. That Is No Longer Enough. Now We Need To Do It In Europe And Even Globally.

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 This Output Is No Longer Sufficiently Visible Or Tangible. Youth Unemployment Is Still Far Too High, We Still Haven't Solved Our Currency Problem And Living Conditions In Europe Are Drifting Apart. That Is One Reason Why Critics Say That Our Europe Is Based On Yesteryear's Model.

Real Life Is Happening Outside And Not In Front Of A Computer.

But, As Environment Minister, I Am Very Interested In A Thriving German Automobile Industry, Because I Can Only Pay For The Rising Costs Of Environmental Protection At Home And Abroad If There Are People In Germany With Jobs And Who Pay Taxes.