Our internal artist is always our creative child.
Complementing the nation-state as it reaches its limits amid globalization: That is what Europe must offer.
My worry is that Donald Trump may inspire copycats, also in Europe. That's why I hope Hillary Clinton wins.
Europe was founded as a community bound together by solidarity.
We are living through an epochal shift. If we aren't careful, the elementary foundations of our pluralistic democracy will be threatened.
I would have oriented myself in case of Donald Trump according to what former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said to then - U. S. President George W. Bush when the Americans launched a war that was in violation of international law. Schröder showed that a German chancellor can act in a clear and self-confident manner toward a U. S. president.
Now Europe are experiencing a wave of eroding solidarity, first of certain societies and then entire governments. At the same time, we have two giant new challenges to meet: the migration movement and terror. And then Great Britain is thinking about leaving the EU. That should suffice as a description.
I was never meant to sit at home.
The speckled sky is dim with snow, The light flakes falter and fall slow; Athwart the hill-top, rapt and pale, Silently drops a silvery veil; And all the valley is shut in By flickering curtains gray and thin.
If there's a large move on significant news, either favorable or unfavorable, the stock will usually continue to move in that direction.
I am not keeping my distance because it is uncomfortable for me, but because it is uncomfortable for them.