If the conflict in Lebanon continues, the risk of attacks will grow. This is why we must contribute to a joint (international) responsibility and help secure peace in Lebanon.

Reliability is the precondition for trust.

It is clear to us that we will have to become more involved in our neighboring regions so that the migration pressures aren't so high there. Of course the budget negotiations will be difficult, as they always are.

Our balanced budget has an important psychological function. It is a signal that we can't continue to constantly take on debt.

I can't think of many other laws we might need. For now, though, we'll be talking to German Muslims over issues of coexistence.

I think we will have to spend more on defense, for infrastructure, for extension of the broadband network and also for domestic security.

The German export successes are not the result of some sort of currency manipulation, but of the increased competitiveness of companies. The American growth model, on the other hand, is in a deep crisis.