“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
“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.” IfsWantCountryHandsTechnologyCapableClimateProtectionDevelopingGermanyCakeNew Technology 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
“Besides Germany, the only countries that don't have speed limits are places like Nepal, where road conditions are so bad that a limit would be beside the point. In other words, it's a little crazy that this is even a topic for debate in Germany.” LittlesCountryWould BeCrazyConditionsLimitsSpeedDebateGermanyTopicsNepalSpeed Limits 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
“Those who reject integration programs in the long term have as little right to stay in Germany as a hate preacher paid from abroad in a mosque.” LittlesLongHateTermProgramPaidLong TermGermanyRejectsPreacherIntegrationMosques Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“But, as environment minister, I am very interested in a thriving German automobile industry, because I can only pay for the rising costs of environmental protection at home and abroad if there are people in Germany with jobs and who pay taxes.” PeopleIfsI CanHomeJobsPayEnvironmentIndustryCostTaxesEnvironmentalProtectionMinistersGermanyRisingAutomobileBecause I CanEnvironmental ProtectionAutomobile Industry Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“Finding the right form of debate regarding Israeli policies will remain a challenge in Germany. Even with every conceivable and warranted criticism, the danger always arises that it will be exploited by those who consciously or unconsciously present anti-Semitism in a new guise.” FormChallengesDangerPolicyFindingsCriticismDebateAriseGermanyIsraeliAnti SemitismGuise 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
