The Task For Germany Today Is -

Madame Merkel Knows Very Well That Her Conservative Christian Democratic Union Or Cdu, And The Csu, The Bavarian Sister Party To The Cdu, With Which It Shares Power Nationally, Must Change Their European Policies. The Fdp's Nationalist-liberal Position On Europe Is Presumably One Of The Reasons The Attempt Failed To Form A Jamaica Coalition Government Which Would Have Seen The Cdu, Fdp And Green Party Govern Together.

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.

If We Want To Implement Climate Protection Worldwide, Countries Like Germany, Which Are Capable Of Developing New Technologies, Will Have To Hand Over Some Of Their Knowledge. We Can't Expect To Have Our Cake And Eat It Too.

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.

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 Voice In The World If It Is Not Part Of A European Voice.