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
Now you have to shoulder your responsibility to pave the way for a peaceful political future for your nation - a way which reflects your society's diversity and traditions and which will be acceptable to all Afghans. It is up to you the representatives of the Afghan people to seize this historic moment, ... Germany, the EU (European Union) and the international community led by the United Nations stand ready to help now and in long term.
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 know many people wanted this constellation. We had a good result. We have to be modest in victory.
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,
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,