We are living through an epochal shift. If we aren't careful, the elementary foundations of our pluralistic democracy will be threatened.

Germany is not a fair country. Millions of people believe that things aren't fair in this country. Company profits and bonus payments have increased at the same rate as precarious employment situations.

Donald Trump is not just a problem for the EU, but for the whole world.

We won't get any growth in Greece by just imposing cuts. What I would prefer is a special economic zone for Greece.

If you say in advance there is going to be a main candidate and then that doesn't count later, then that's going to be a highly problematic occurrence in a democracy.

Britain, Europe's second largest economy, a member of the G-7 and the UN Security Council, wants to leave the EU. That weakens us and it weakens Britain.

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.