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
If (entry talks) are broken off and the shards are lying on the floor, then it will become damn costly for us,
If further relevant information is made available to the U.N. inspectors, as has been announced, then that should be welcomed because it can only promote their work,
I can't tell people that I'm fighting to defend our policies, that we don't want policies (that cause) social coldness and ecological regression and later do something entirely different,
Germany is going to vote for the resolution. It is important now to stick to the schedule that is to lead to free and fair elections by January 2005 at the latest.
You want to be chancellor but you don't have a cool head,
A just and long term Middle East peace can only be reached through a cessation of the spiral of violence, moderation from all sides and a return to the negotiating table,
I never use the concept, multipolar. I use multilateral. Because we have only one global power: whether you like it or not, this is the United States.
There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system.
I don't believe, in the 21st century, in the balance of power system. This is a European idea of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Everybody is talking today about the economy.
A transitional government is the beginning of a transfer of sovereignty. It's a question of Iraqi security and moving forward with the political process.
Solutions must be based on compromises.
You must see the persons who are in charge-persons you can punish or vote for.
We shouldn't discuss the world of tomorrow in terms of becoming a balance to the United States. The real issue is whether the United States will define herself as part of the U.N. system-or not.