Those Who Reject Integration Programs

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 Community Of Democratic And Free Nations Are Economically Successful And Are Gaining Political Influence. To Do So, We Must Learn To Project Our Power.

It Is Clear That Germany Needs A Foreign Policy In Which We Jointly Define European Interests. Thus Far, We Have Often Defined European Values, But We Have Been Much Too Weak In Defining Mutual Interests. To Preempt Any Possible Misunderstandings: We Cannot Give Short Shrift To Our Values Of Freedom, Democracy And Human Rights.

Turkey Is Currently Seeking To Make Itself More Independent From Europe And Is Turning To The East. Is That In Our Interest? Does It Help Us Bolster Western Values In Turkey, Or At Least Here At Home? Or Are We Making Ourselves Weaker Overall? At The Same Time, Turkey Is Violating Our European Moral Concepts. It's A Difficult Conflict To Endure, And It Leads To Necessary Disputes And Debates.

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, Because It Reminds Me To Ask Myself, Whenever There Is A Decision To Be Made, Whether The People Who Live There Can Afford Our Decisions.

The G8 Nations, Together With The Five Major Emerging Economies Of China, India, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Use Almost Three-quarters Of The Earth's Biocapacity - The Capacity Of The World's Ecosystems To Produce Natural Resources And To Reduce Harmful Substances.