Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.

We have points in common with the FDP, particularly when it comes to tax.

Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.

And now when we hear that Iran and Iraq plan to cooperate more closely and that a fundamentalist is coming to power in Tehran - a man about whom we cannot be sure that he is absolutely averse to terrorism - it is very worrisome.

We can no longer apply the classic criteria to clearly determine whether and when we should use military force. We are waging war in Afghanistan, for example, but it's an asymmetrical war where the enemies are criminals instead of soldiers.

We cannot allow violence from militant activists to dictate where and how democratically elected state leaders hold their meetings.

The military has been tremendously important in the past during catastrophes and in protecting the population. But it shouldn't become an auxiliary police force.