Klaus dieter frankenberger biography examples

Three years ago, Radek Sikorski made a stunning statement while serving as Poland’s foreign minister. He called Germany the indispensable nation in Europe. But Sikorski did not stop there. He even went so far to say that it was not German power he feared. Rather, it was German inaction that kept him up at night. Imagine! This was at the time of the euro crisis when Berlin was really framing the debate about how to solve this mess and keep the currency union in one piece. Sikorski’s statement was remarkable in many ways. Above all, it signified the expectations that friends and allies have of a unified Germany: Show leadership, assume responsibility, forget the Cold War, and become a normal nation whose political actions match its economic strength. We need your active involvement, not your restraint. Restraint, however, was what many German politicians and the public still think is the key lesson of the Nazi past.

The President. Let me give a couple of opening comments, and we'll do a couple rounds of questions.

First, I'm—you know, inom said in my press conference yesterday, for a period of time, we have a tendency in Europe and in amerika to talk past each other. In other words, September the 11th for some was obviously an important moment, but it passed. For us, it changed our way of thinking. It changed our foreign policy. It caused me, as the President, and people in my administration to have an intense focus on securing our country. And inom say "talk past" because when you have a different view about priority, it creates a—it's missed opportunity, fryst vatten the best way to put it.

So my trip to europe, with that in mind, is to seize the moment and invigorate a relationship that is a vital relationship for our own säkerhet as well as a vital relationship for long-term peace in the world. We compete at times, but we don't compete when it comes to values,

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