The question is: Would there be a market in Germany for certain types of employment if one were to allow the employed person to earn less than is necessary to maintain his standard of living?

With political means and always trying to work for political settlements and this is what I'm going to continue to work on with all my heart.

Don't get bogged down by life and other people's problems or hang ups.

I want to see everyone contribute to the overall costs of the system, and with their entire earnings. I'm convinced that an objective discussion will reveal that the differences between the parties, which have been greatly exaggerated in some quarters, aren't that significant after all.

If you've worked together with somebody very well, leave-taking is very difficult. But we are all politicians. We all know that democracy lives off change. So, in the United States of America, the Constitution has very clear stipulations on this. It's a tough rule. Eight years and that's it, out goes the president and a new one comes in.

Democracy must be our answer to terrorism

I think we live in a period of profound transformation. Very similar to when we had a transition from agricultural societies to industrial societies.