It is courageous to occasionally admit that there are certain things one can't do.

The EU is an unique project that replaced war with peace, hate with solidarity. Overwhelming emotion for awarding of Nobel prize to EU

But if you constantly insist only on your own interpretation, it isn't long before it seems patronizing.

Trump is the freely elected president of the U.S. and as such deserves respect.

We agree: Brussels can't regulate everything. I'm driven by something else: There are forces in Europe that want to generally give national policy priority over a common European approach. We have to prevent this.

If Merkel has discovered Europe in a beer tent, I can only say: better late than never. Otherwise, it was the height of hypocrisy: The chancellor sat down for a beer with CSU Chairman Horst Seehofer, the man who after the election praised Donald Trump as a very resolute man.

It is courageous to occasionally admit that there are certain things one can't do.