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“The country is changing”

by Gregor Gysi

3 October 2005

We’re the real winners in the elections because we got 4% more than last time. The FDP is stronger not only because the CDU missed votes but because the Federal Republic has changed. For the first time since the beginning of the 50s, the old states feel the need for a force to the left of social (…)

“I won’t be a minister with Merkel”

by Bärbel Höhn

3 October 2005

We won’t reject discussions about a possible black-yellow-green coalition if that’s what the Union wants, but we won’t be the guarantors of a policy in which the Union and the FDP did not get the majority. I can’t think of myself as minister, with Merkel as chancellor for she will promote (…)

“The U.S. Had to Give In”

by Jeffrey D. Sachs

23 September 2005

The U.S. government has aggressively tried to stop any positive result from the Millennium Summit. However, the goals of the Millennium were confirmed. This is a very significant step. The U.S. spirit has been crushed by the rest of the countries. Wiping out extreme poverty and famine by 2025 (…)

“How are you, Mr. Küppersbusch?”

by Friedrich Küppersbusch

19 July 2005

After the attacks, this phrase could be heard in Germany: “We are lucky not to be in Iraq!” However, we are in Afghanistan. History will tell whether it is a question of moral or not. The correct moral response, to say that we should experience in Germany a massacre like that in order not to be (…)

“A Great Future Lies Ahead of Europe”

by Aleksander Smolar

17 June 2005

The Constitution in its current form can not be saved. A new referendum in the Netherlands or in France is unthinkable. That is the way it happened with Maastricht, with treaties that can be modified individually, but a new referendum would be a farce. The suspension of the referendum in the (…)

“We say no to the rest of Europe”

by Francine Bavay

13 June 2005

I was convinced that “no” would prevail in France because the liberal policy have annoyed the French for quite a long time. They could vote “no” because they felt Europeans, and championed the policy of solidarity with the rest of the European countries. The “no” accounted for the majority in (…)