We are seeing significant growth in foreign investment in Germany.

Any degree of unemployment worries me.

Naturally we are aware of the strength of our economy and naturally we don't want to downplay it.

Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.

Take the military option off the table - we have already seen it doesn't work.

I am not the German Tony Blair. Nor am I the German Bill Clinton. I am Gerhard Schroeder, chancellor of Germany, responsible for Germany. I don't want to be a copy of anyone.

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of.