“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.” ReasonProblemYouthDemocraticCriticsCurrencyDrifting Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“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.” PoliticalCommunitySuccessfulInfluenceDangerDemocraticMistaken Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“The claim that democracy and efficiency are contradictory is nonsense. That's evident in the history of democracy itself, because it is only democrats who were and continue to be capable of learning from mistakes. A more appropriate question is to ask whether a country like China, which has been so incredibly successful economically, is actually inefficient in light of its environmental destruction and its corruption. In China's perception, however, the democratic model is doubtlessly inferior.” CountryMistakeDemocracySuccessfulPerceptionCapableDestructionDemocraticDemocratEnvironmentalCorruptionNonsenseEfficiencyContradictoryLearning From Mistakes Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“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.” ReasonChristianTogetherPartySharePolicyDemocraticConservative Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“Taming the financial markets and winning back democratic control over them is the central condition for creating a new social balance in Germany and Europe.” WinningSocialConditionsBalanceCreatingEuropeDemocraticFinancialGermanyFinancial MarketsTaming Author:Sigmar Gabriel
