“In Germany it is good if as many people as possible join initiatives and peaceful demonstrations against the rule of the financial markets. Worshipping the unfettered freedom of global markets has brought the world to the brink of ruin. We now need social and ecological rules for the market economy.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsSocialEconomyWorshipFinancialPeacefulRuinsGermanyInitiativeDemonstrationEcologicalMarket EconomyFinancial Markets Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“The task for Germany today is - through its own policies and its own structural reforms, its own investments - to support the EU and the Commission... but every nation has to have the courage to broach such structural reforms and speak clearly about them without making people be afraid.” PeopleTodaySpeakNationsSupportEconomyPolicyTasksInvestmentReformGermany Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“Maybe it is the last chance for Europe to influence standards for world trade. Next it will be between the US and the Asia-Pacific region.” WorldLastsNextChanceEconomyInfluenceStandardsEuropeTradeRegionsAsiaPacificWorld TradeLast Chance Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“Climate protection creates sustainability and jobs in the real economy - in construction, in the production of heavy machinery and in systems engineering.” RealJobsEconomyClimateProductionsHeavyProtectionConstructionSustainabilityEngineeringMachinery Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“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.” WorldUseEarthTogetherThreeNationsNaturalEconomyFiveProduceMajorsResourcesCapacityIndiaSouthChinaSubstanceQuartersMexicoSouth AfricaEmergingNatural ResourcesEcosystemsBrazilEmerging Economies Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“We, the Social Democrats, are convinced that capitalism needs to be tamed a second time. The first time we achieved that in Germany for many decades with the social market economy. That is no longer enough. Now we need to do it in Europe and even globally.” NeedsFirstsEnoughSocialEconomyCapitalismFirst TimeEuropeDemocratConvincedDecadesGermanyMarket EconomyTamed Author:Sigmar Gabriel
