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...Europe - but doesn't want the job. When Merkel took on much of the E.U., above all French President Nicolas Sarkozy, with her lonely, stubborn and ultimately victorious campaign against a Greek bailout, she became "Madame Non" in France, and Public Enemy No. 1 in Greece. At home, Joschka Fischer, the Foreign Minister of the government she ousted in 2005, gave her an F for an "extraordinary foreign policy disaster." Germany, he surmised, was no longer the "motor" of European integration, but was rather pursuing its "narrow national interests" instead. This is precisely the suspicion that floats through many European...
...This all smells like a putsch rather than a new beginning," Joschka Fischer, former foreign minister and Green Party leader wrote in the weekly Die Zeit. "Compared to Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Sisyphus would be happy. It will be a tough journey for him and his party, presumably into opposition...
Former German Foreign Minister Joschka M. Fischer offered his views on the future of the United States’ and Europe’s transatlantic relationship, European integration, and other global issues to a standing-room only Harvard European Conference at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) on Friday. In his introductory remarks, moderator David R. Gergen, public service professor of public leadership at KSG, joked that Fischer, who is currently a visiting professor at Princeton, “came here for some intellectual stimulation.” “I don’t want to interfere with...
...victory of Merkel and her Christian Democratic Party marks a generational shift in German politics. Young voters who once were worried about social issues say they are far more concerned about reviving Germany's stagnant economy. As a result, German leaders like Schrder and his Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, who came of age during the social tumult of the 1960s, are giving way to a younger, more conservative crowd. Says Michael Naumann, a former Cabinet minister under Schrder: "The torch is being passed...
...previous governments the Foreign Ministry has enjoyed less clout because it was held by minority parties of the governing coalition (current foreign minister Joschka Fischer, of the Green Party, being the most recent example). With the post in the hands of a major party within a grand coalition, the position is expected to gain in influence...