It makes more sense to find out where the middle- and long-term common ground lies.

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.

They have it wrong in asking if Schroeder favors Britain over France, or France over Britain. Schroeder favors Germany. That is what we all have to understand.

We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented.

There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets.

We are seeing significant growth in foreign investment in Germany.

Any degree of unemployment worries me.