A Major Danger For Us Europeans: We

In The Business Of Politics, Emotions And Productive Dissatisfaction With The World In Which We Live Today Are Gradually Being Covered Up By The Minutiae Of Ordinary Life.

Besides Germany, The Only Countries That Don't Have Speed Limits Are Places Like Nepal, Where Road Conditions Are So Bad That A Limit Would Be Beside The Point. In Other Words, It's A Little Crazy That This Is Even A Topic For Debate In Germany.

It Is Clear That Germany Needs A Foreign Policy In Which We Jointly Define European Interests. Thus Far, We Have Often Defined European Values, But We Have Been Much Too Weak In Defining Mutual Interests. To Preempt Any Possible Misunderstandings: We Cannot Give Short Shrift To Our Values Of Freedom, Democracy And Human Rights.

What Could Become A Danger To World Peace Is Iran's Nuclear Program And The Country's Open Threat To Annihilate Israel.

We, The Social Democrats, Are Convinced That Capitalism Needs To Be Tamed A Second Time. The First Time We Achieved That In Germany For Many Decades With The Social Market Economy. That Is No Longer Enough. Now We Need To Do It In Europe And Even Globally.