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Economically And Politically, Germany Is Extremely Stable. There Are Countries With Functioning Governments Whose Institutions Don't Work. My Only Concern Is About Europe. There's A Risk We Will Run Out Of Time. We Have Been Blessed With A Pro-european French President, But We Are Also Approaching The Next Elections For The European Parliament In 2019, And It Will Be Important For Pro-european Parties Present A Credible Answer To The Anti-europeans On The Left And The Right.

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.

Without Sound Conservation And Management Measures, Fisheries Will Quickly Become Depleted And A Basic Component Of Global Food Security Will Be Lost.

The Claim That Democracy And Efficiency Are Contradictory Is Nonsense. That's Evident In The History Of Democracy Itself, Because It Is Only Democrats Who Were And Continue To Be Capable Of Learning From Mistakes. A More Appropriate Question Is To Ask Whether A Country Like China, Which Has Been So Incredibly Successful Economically, Is Actually Inefficient In Light Of Its Environmental Destruction And Its Corruption. In China's Perception, However, The Democratic Model Is Doubtlessly Inferior.

I'm Hearing Different Things, But There Is Concern That Stable Germany Is No Longer Quite So Stable.