“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
“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
“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
“However, I have a low opinion of people with narrow political horizons. Someone who talks about the environment and knows nothing about economics can make as many mistakes as someone who does the opposite.” PeopleKnowsDoePoliticalMistakeOpinionEnvironmentLowsEconomicsOppositesHorizon Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“I am certain that the United States next year, under a new president - regardless whether it's Obama or McCain - will present an ambitious program promoting renewable energies and energy efficiency. Europe could quickly fall behind.” YearsStatesCertainFallNextEnergyPresidentUnitedBehindsUnited StatesEuropeProgramAmbitiousEfficiencyPromotingNext YearMccainRenewable EnergyEnergy Efficiency Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“In the business of politics, emotions and productive dissatisfaction with the world in which we live today are gradually being covered up by the minutiae of ordinary life.” WorldTodayEmotionOrdinaryProductiveCoveredDissatisfactionLive For TodayOrdinary LifeMinutiaeCovered Up Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“My office has a view of low-cost housing, old East German prefabricated apartment buildings. It isn't an attractive view, but it's very helpful, because it reminds me to ask myself, whenever there is a decision to be made, whether the people who live there can afford our decisions.” PeopleMadeAsksDecisionViewsBuildingCostOfficeLowsEastAttractiveHelpfulApartmentHousing 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 will fight against any pro-nuclear power plan. And we will remind people that a change in the German nuclear consensus would stifle the development of sustainable energy and it would cost jobs. The SPD is the strongest among the opposition parties and we must take on this role with vigour.” PeopleJobsFightingEnergyPartyRolesPlansDevelopmentCostNuclearOppositionStrongestConsensusNuclear PowerSustainable EnergyOpposition Parties 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