Joschka Fischer Quotes

Transforming the European Union into a single State with one army, one constitution and one foreign policy is the critical challenge of the age

Taking stock of 'Operation Iraqi Freedom' a decade later, the Financial Times concluded that the US won the war, Iran won the peace, and Turkey won the contracts. I can only agree.

I don't believe, in the 21st century, in the balance of power system. This is a European idea of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Germany is to be contained from outside and heterogenized from the inside by influx, 'diluted' so to speak.

There is an ongoing debate about the reform of the U.N. system.

A transitional government is the beginning of a transfer of sovereignty. It's a question of Iraqi security and moving forward with the political process.

India has been contributing very much to the reconstruction of Afghanistan; we are strongly engaged there.

Let's forget the reunification, let's just shut up and don't talk about that topic for the next 20 years.

What will we do in a globalised world? All human beings are equal, so they have the same right to have the same lifestyle-the same social security, jobs, education.

The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe.

An enlarged Union based on Nice is not in the interest of any Member State ... This is not a threat. This is a messenger delivering news.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

We had to move forward after the war and see the realities.

Everybody is talking today about the economy.

The EU is on the brink of becoming a European Federation by the year 2010... I feel sure that Britain will fall in line.

We shouldn't discuss the world of tomorrow in terms of becoming a balance to the United States. The real issue is whether the United States will define herself as part of the U.N. system-or not.

You must see the persons who are in charge-persons you can punish or vote for.

I never use the concept, multipolar. I use multilateral. Because we have only one global power: whether you like it or not, this is the United States.