“What we have at present is a system of loss socialism. Whatever goes wrong is shouldered by the general public and anything that works is privatised. Worshippers of market freedom have suspended the most important economic principle: Risk and liability go hand in hand.” ImportantHandsLossPrinciplesRiskEconomicSocialismHand In HandSuspendedLiabilityGeneral PublicWorshippers Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“It isn't easy for everyone in Germany to make ends meet through well-paid work in Germany. You have to have sufficient skills and work hard. And I also know that we have much too much poverty and inequality here. Still, our parents and grandparents built an incredibly prosperous and peaceful country. One shouldn't, of course, play down the degree to which this is dependent on our economic strength. The truth is that Moscow, Beijing and Washington have one thing in common: They don't value the European Union at all. They disregard it.” CountryValuesEasyParentCommonPovertyEconomicHard WorkTruth IsPeacefulInequalityGrandparentProsperousEuropean Union Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“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.” WorldCountryWaitingInfluenceEconomicBuildingLeavingNeighborChineseUncomfortableEconomic Development Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“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.” WorldLongDifferentRealCountryRunningInterestDecisionInfluenceEconomicPolicyTruth IsStrategyWesternDareChineseEastern Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“It is clear that there are reasons for discontent in Iran - economic and political reasons. We have told the Iranian leadership repeatedly that the country's economic recovery can ultimately only succeed through greater international economic cooperation. And the precondition for that is not only that Iran refrain from developing nuclear weapons, but also that Iran's role in the region become far more peaceful. We have offered to finally hold true negotiations and talks on that issue.” ReasonPoliticalEconomicSucceedRecoveryPeacefulCooperationNuclear WeaponsNegotiationDiscontentIranian Author:Sigmar Gabriel
