Sigmar Gabriel
Sigmar Gabriel
Sigmar Gabrielis a German politician who serves as the Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy and as the 17th Vice Chancellor of Germany since 2013. Since 2009 he has been chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He was the Minister of the Environment from 2005 to 2009. From 1999 to 2003 Gabriel was the 9th Minister President of Lower Saxony...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 September 1959
CountryGermany
Sigmar Gabriel quotes about
country iran israel
What could become a danger to world peace is Iran's nuclear program and the country's open threat to annihilate Israel.
wall democracy example
The new social question is: democracy or the rule of the financial markets. We are currently witnessing the end of an era. The neoliberal ideology has failed worldwide. The U.S. movement Occupy Wall Street is a good example of this.
hate long germany
Those who reject integration programs in the long term have as little right to stay in Germany as a hate preacher paid from abroad in a mosque.
needs greening globalisation
We need a greening of globalisation.
europe germany needs
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.
jobs party fighting
We will fight against any pro-nuclear power plan. And we will remind people that a change in the German nuclear consensus would stifle the development of sustainable energy and it would cost jobs. The SPD is the strongest among the opposition parties and we must take on this role with vigour.
real computer life-is
Real life is happening outside and not in front of a computer.
country crazy would-be
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.
people support reform
The task for Germany today is - through its own policies and its own structural reforms, its own investments - to support the EU and the Commission... but every nation has to have the courage to broach such structural reforms and speak clearly about them without making people be afraid.
country iran world
Iran is the only country in the world that's threatening to erase another country from the map as part of a collective genocide.
people peaceful germany
In Germany it is good if as many people as possible join initiatives and peaceful demonstrations against the rule of the financial markets. Worshipping the unfettered freedom of global markets has brought the world to the brink of ruin. We now need social and ecological rules for the market economy.
country technology hands
If we want to implement climate protection worldwide, countries like Germany, which are capable of developing new technologies, will have to hand over some of their knowledge. We can't expect to have our cake and eat it too.
jobs home people
But, as environment minister, I am very interested in a thriving German automobile industry, because I can only pay for the rising costs of environmental protection at home and abroad if there are people in Germany with jobs and who pay taxes.
fall years europe
I am certain that the United States next year, under a new president - regardless whether it's Obama or McCain - will present an ambitious program promoting renewable energies and energy efficiency. Europe could quickly fall behind.