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
Loyalty to allies is an important and central issue in German foreign policy but reason must always take priority,
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.
The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe.
The share of the vote that the ultra-right received is alarming, ... It's too early to tell. We have to wait to see the results of the runoff election.
Cool down, ... We are good friends and allies.
Violence was a mixture of ideology (and) macho status...,
Today's session dealt exhaustively with all the questions, ... I would just like to know one thing: Who was it?
We are very thankful to the Libyan side for all that was done.
We are still far away from a solution; the rifts are still wide and deep,
It is deeply regrettable ... that these strikes could not be avoided,
Me? Joining a coalition under Merkel? Look, Merkel will not be chancellor.
We need a lot of civilian monitors but they must be protected,
the pressure of relationships makes this reform necessary.
For me, the constitution is the most important treaty since the foundation of the European Economic Community (in 1957).