It is crucial to keep up the pace, not only for emissions reduction, but also because this would eventually lead to lowering power prices in the midterm, and also to reduce dependencies in imports of fossil fuels,
It’s in the top four (issues) consistently of all voters across parties,
Clean tech sectors and green products can help make Germany competitive again,
A lot of the policies the new government will put forward might not come in the name of climate, but it will be for prosperity, innovation and competitiveness,
The Left focused on a progressive campaign centred around their core issues like rising rents and the high cost of living,
Germany can act as an engine for Europe, helping forge a path towards security and resilience. It can also act as a brake, bringing it to a standstill.”
I have no illusions at all about what is happening from America. Take a look at the recent interventions in the German election campaign by Mr. Elon Musk.”
The German economy needs a new government capable of acting very quickly,
A government vacuum is something we cannot afford,
Trump and his team should expect a stubbornly pro-European Germany that will not take any perceived U.S. bullying lightly … Trump and his team should be advised to proceed carefully, though that is not exactly their preferred style."
Much like the USA, the people of Germany got tired of the no common sense agenda, especially on energy and immigration, that has prevailed for so many years,
So many people have voted here for us and expressed their political will, so it is outrageous that they are not able to have their view represented here, but it is of course quite clear that it is only a question time before other parties will change their position of keeping us out.
Back then we were called everything: nationalist, racist, you name it
The world out there isn't waiting for us, and it isn't waiting for long-drawn-out coalition talks and negotiations,
I am aware of the responsibility,
I never thought I would have to say something like that on a TV programme but after Donald Trump’s latest comments in the last week, it is clear that the Americans, or at least this portion of the Americans, this government, care very little about the fate of Europe,
That is my absolute priority, I have no illusions at all about what will come out of America,
Our hand remains outstretched to form a government,
The interventions from Washington were no less dramatic and impertinent than the interventions we have seen from Moscow, so we are under massive pressure from two sides,
If we have one partner, it will be easier; if we need two partners, it will be harder, but even in that case, it will have to be successful,