Without Sound Conservation And Management Measures, Fisheries

Political Scientist Herfried Münkler Is Right: If You Only Take Normative Positions, If Your Focus Is Solely On Values, You Won't Find Success In A World Where Others Are Relentlessly Pursuing Their Interests. In A World Full Of Meat-eaters, Vegetarians Have A Tough Time.

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 Make The Whole Process Look Ridiculous. There Is An Ever Greater Number Of People Who Feel As If The Greek Government Is Giving Them The Run-around.

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 Truth Is That We Have Long Had A Multi-track Europe With Very Different Objectives. The Traditional Differences Between The North And The South In Fiscal And Economic Policy Are Far Less Problematic Than Those That Exist Between Eastern And Western Europe. In The South And East, China Is Steadily Gaining More Influence, Such That A Few Eu Member States No Longer Dare To Make Decisions That Run Counter To Chinese Interests. You See It Everywhere: China Is The Only Country In The World That Has A Real Geopolitical Strategy.

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.