I am convinced that, internally, Gerhard Schroeder already has stepped back somewhat and is only asking himself how he can sell that to his party and the supporters who trust him. |
I am optimistic that these talks won't collapse. |
I don't think that the negotiations will fail. |
I find him really efficient and I think he's perfect for every post. |
It's no good if we go ahead and switch off safe nuclear plants...and increase our energy prices that way. |
The 17 million German households [which use gas heating] for the moment have no cause for concern. They will not be affected by what has happened so far. |
The latest developments show how important it is to draw on a balanced, broad energy mix, The German nuclear power plants were doomed by the Red-Green coalition to be switched off only for political reasons. |
The latest developments show how important it is to draw on a balanced, broad energy mix. |
There is not much point in continually telling the Russians we do not trust them [as energy suppliers] when we have no alter- native. |
Thirty percent of our gas comes from Russia at the moment. That should be increased. But it can only be increased if we know that deliveries from the East are dependable. |
We need to speed up the approval process with fewer agencies involved, fewer forms to fill out, fewer meetings and fewer rules. That's the only way we're going to free up energies that will lead to the creation of new jobs. |