It Certainly Is Dangerous That There Are

If It's In The German Interest To Have Good Trans-atlantic Relations, Well, The Task Is Also To Look Ahead, But Our Personal - That We Have Freedom Of Movement In The Whole Of Germany So If We Want To See Each Other, Well, I'm Game.

I Would Like To See Russia Develop As Democratically As Possible. But When We Judge Russia We Must Also Consider Where The Country Is Coming From. Our Concepts Of Democracy Can't Just Be Schematically Transferred. However, I Do Admit That I'm Concerned About Some Recent Developments, Such As The New Laws Against Non-governmental Organizations.

The Substance Of The Constitution Is Preserved. That Is A Fact.

History Has Often Showed Us The Strength Of The Forces That Are Unleashed By The Yearning For Freedom. It Moved People To Overcome Their Fears And Openly Confront Dictators Such As In East Germany And Eastern Europe About 22 Years Ago... The Yearning For Freedom Cannot Be Contained By Walls For Long. It Was This Yearning That Brought Down The Iron Curtain That Divided Germany And Europe, And Indeed The World, Into Two Blocs.

I Don't Carry Any Early Childhood Trauma Around With Me, If That's What You're Hinting At. The Story Of The Bicycles - And There Were Three Of Them Which Were Stolen From Me - I've Dealt With It Well.