Germany's path to greater military assertiveness has not been linear, and it never will be. Germans do not believe that talking at… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
But Germany is a reflective power: even as it adapts, a belief in the importance of restraint, deliberation, and peaceful negotiation will… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
Following its peaceful reunifica'tion in 1990, Germany was on track to become an economic giant that had little in the way of… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
Germany's historical responsibility will not expire. We want to live up to it - and you should judge us on it. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
Germany is too big to sit on the sidelines on world issues. Military force is not the ultima ratio it used to… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
Thirty years ago, this promise, this allure of democracy, drove hundreds of thousands of people in East Germany onto the streets. What… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
The fact is that Germany is taking on its responsibility in the world - in the fight against IS, but also in… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
Germany's path to greater military assertiveness has not been linear, and it never will be. Germans do not believe that talking at roundtables solves… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share
But Germany is a reflective power: even as it adapts, a belief in the importance of restraint, deliberation, and peaceful negotiation will continue to… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share
I wish I could say that we Germans have learned from our history once and for all, but I cannot say that when hatred… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share
Today, our world is more interconnected than ever. This offers many opportunities; it creates wealth and new freedoms. Yet our world is also vulnerable,… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share
The question that stands in the foreground is not 'Do we need this technology?' No one denies the great chances and the great opportunities… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share
Since 1998, I have served my country as a member of four cabinets and as the leader of the parliamentary opposition. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share
Europe has the potential to pioneer and supply a sustainable worldwide economy. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share
The history of the outbreak of war 100 years ago and of the collapse of the fragile balance of power in Europe in the… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share
Following its peaceful reunifica'tion in 1990, Germany was on track to become an economic giant that had little in the way of foreign policy. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share
Seventeen million people around the world lost their lives in the first world war, countless suffered and were marred for life. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share
We in Europe must not indulge the illusion that we could shut ourselves away from the world if it goes to pieces, and maybe… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share
From my point of view, we have the two communities: the tech community on one side and the rather social-scientific, philosophical community on the… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share
Germany's historical responsibility will not expire. We want to live up to it - and you should judge us on it. — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share
