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“Recommendations to Angela Merkel for a New Foreign Policy”

by Peter Müller

15 December 2005

Reconciled with all its neighbors, Germany, happy now after the end of the Cold War, is not a front line State, but it has become insignificant diplomatically speaking. Influence in terms of foreign policy depends on economic power. The continuous crisis faced by the country has made it go (...)

“The Fight against terror will last centuries”

by Otto Schily

19 September 2005

The great magnitude of the threat that already existed became evident with the September 11 attacks. The victory over terror will not come soon. The struggle will last centuries. We should not give the impression that Germany is a terrorist center. Most of the terrorists involved in the (...)

“The fight against Terror will Last Centuries”

by Günther Beckstein

19 September 2005

We are well armed now. I had warned about the danger of an attack by Al-Qaeda a week before September 11. The magnitude of the attacks could not be foreseen. I also believe that the fight against Islamic terrorism will last centuries. I think that the role of Germany in terrorism is more (...)