What we have at present is a system of loss socialism. Whatever goes wrong is shouldered by the general public and anything that works is privatised. Worshippers of market freedom have suspended the most important economic principle: Risk and liability go hand in hand. – Sigmar Gabriel
Without sound conservation and management measures, fisheries will quickly become depleted and a basic component of global food security will be lost. – Sigmar Gabriel
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. – Sigmar Gabriel
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 cant expect to have our cake and eat it too. – Sigmar Gabriel