Joschka Fischer
Joschka Fischer
Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischeris a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. He served as Foreign Minister and as Vice Chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. Fischer has been a leading figure in the West German Greens since the 1970s, and according to opinion polls, he was the most popular politician in Germany for most of the government's duration. Following the September 2005 election, in which the Schröder government was defeated, he left...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 April 1948
CountryGermany
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To those who say the results of this election are already definite, I say: Look at the number of undecided,
That is a very good basis on which we aim for consensus,
never serve in a coalition led by Merkel.
It should make the alliance more balanced and thereby also stronger.
It's a historic step Europe has won today. It's a big chance for both sides,
When I heard that yesterday, I was very diplomatic and didn't pull a face. But in my head you could imagine what I was seeing: I saw people sitting around in dreadlocks with joints in their hands, and reggae music playing in the background.
We have to go back to normal business with our most important ally, the United States, and with France -- the most important outside of Europe and the most important ally inside,
We were horrified by the news of the bomb attack in Madrid this morning. This detestable act of terror that claimed so many victims fills us with deep sorrow and outrage.
We shouldn't act in way that, at the end, terrorist groups will be strengthened and not weakened, because they want to drive us into a war of the civilizations, ... We should react in a wise way based on a multilateral approach and based on the coalition in the war against terror.
We know many people wanted this constellation. We had a good result. We have to be modest in victory.
Today we have agreed on these principles. Much is left to do, ... There are differences of opinion on whether to stop the bombings.
We are ready day and night, 24 hours, seven days a week, when there is a need, we will be there and the door will be open and everything will be tried,
balanced the interests of both large and small member states.