The claim made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán that the refugee question is a German problem is incorrect. It is a European problem.

If we no longer judge the content of people's actions, but merely their form, then we are entering dangerous times indeed.

CDU head Angela Merkel has tried for years to serve two sides: the conservative side by holding up her CDU party membership. But then at the same time she acts as though she were also a Social Democrat. I don't have this hydra-headed nature. In the end, people will vote for the Social Democratic original.

The problem with us EU politicians is that we approach everything with cool rationality, and then wonder why we don't win people over emotionally.

You can't always be demanding solidarity from others and then refuse to show it yourself.

The construction of social housing and the attempt to support families seeking to buy their own homes are all projects from the 1960s and '70s. It all sounds old-fashioned, but it is actually completely modern.

European policy is always an interplay of rationality and emotion.