I am a big advocate of what is known as net neutrality. This means that providers are compelled to transmit content without political or commercial pre-selection.

Political leaders have to withstand headwinds.

Confidentiality and transparency are not mutually exclusive, but rather two sides of the same coin.

You cannot protect something without intervening on some level.

I see no constitutional problems with the identification, staving off and defusing of outside threats.

Service disruptions have to be avoided or at least resolved as quickly as possible. When the Internet goes down, consumers don't notice the difference between a technical malfunction, an act of sabotage by hackers or a military attack.

The Americans are and remain our best friends, but this is absolutely not right. We can't simply return to business as usual.