I Hope That A German Foreign Policy

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.

Iran Is The Only Country In The World That's Threatening To Erase Another Country From The Map As Part Of A Collective Genocide.

Those Who Reject Integration Programs In The Long Term Have As Little Right To Stay In Germany As A Hate Preacher Paid From Abroad In A Mosque.

In The Past, Germany Could Rely On The French, The British And, Especially, The Americans, To Assert Our Interests In The World. We Have Always Criticized The U.s. For Being The Global Police, And It Was Often Appropriate To Do So. But We Are Now Seeing What Happens When The U.s. Pulls Back. If The U.s. Leaves The Room, Other Powers Immediately Walk In. In Syria, It's Russia And Iran. In Trade Policy, It's China. These Examples Show That, Ultimately, We Are No Longer Achieving Either - Neither The Dissemination Of Our European Values Nor The Advancement Of Our Interests.

Countries That Work With Europe Should Feel Safer Than They Would If They Worked With Non-democratic Regimes. Why Isn't Europe Building Infrastructure In Africa Instead Of Leaving It To The Chinese? Why Haven't We Succeeded In Promoting The Economic Development Of Our Neighbors In The Balkans, Instead Conceding These Countries To Growing Russian Influence? In An Uncomfortable World, We Europeans Can No Longer Sit Back And Wait For The U.s.a.