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how do we make see the screen or how can we protect habitat so we can make a difference the ideas are mental series again global 3000 on d w i don't mind. when this because mr president you just spent 2 weeks in current teen how are you feeling now. making is good for me getting everything was fine i'm well i wasn't infected but after 14 days i can say if at all possible one should avoid quarantine i'm glad i can meet people face to face again and be different because the visits enough inferential crimes have been committed again in france how is it possible that this can happen in the center of europe. because all sorts are above all with

their relatives who have our sympathy. but i believe what we must do now in europe not only in france is to stand up to this act of brutality and the islamist motives behind it just and we should do that many people in europe have done that and it's good that representatives of muslim states also joined in those condemnations. so he's up for time and this wasn't the 1st do you fear there could be attacks in germany. it's got so let's. most recently we had an attack and raised in where one person was wounded and another died not these and slog. we cannot pretend that we are immune to such attacks here in germany and. on the contrary we have to remain vigilant indeed the security services vigilant

shooting and in our democratic societies we shouldn't base the response of the state on a cause determined by hate. and acceptance and you to respect our part of our society and so standing up to such acts of brutal violence and islamist motives is one thing the other is trying to maintain the openness of our society that's the other challenge often headlines like there's often. is the under the halls for the. good how did you go you were speaking about the role of the muslim association what role did the verbal attacks of president play in the escalation is it didn't. does. and they are not helpful at all that's beyond. its collation which we've noticed there's noticeably harsher rhetoric didn't lead to possible perpetrators feeling encourage.

their mood to this time my everywhere in the middle of the pandemic germany is facing a partial lockdown if we lost control. this isn't good for us in and. we certainly are in a critical phase that is true for many states and europe but also for germany so when we are in a situation where the number of infections is rising every day reaching new records this is also a practical test for democracy in germany either we manage to reduce the number of infections significantly with the means at our disposal or the situation will get out of control. and i am confident that we will succeed in pushing back the rate of infection he wants to see in video and sadam and then the heart of the muslim and we did. yeah. it's been the fun of it. and i'm convinced that most people realize that these burdens are necessary at this point and we don't have to experience what some of our neighbors have

experienced hospitals overflowing highly infectious patients having to live in colorado city or who can't be admitted to the gun the smell phenomenon we must avoid pushing the health system beyond its limits that's just a central goal i think people understand that. they're not to be that even so your resistance to these measures is growing across europe and also in germany we can expect a long hard winter a politicians not driving more people into the arms of conspiracy theorists and radicals as it's not really for the. of course we know this from health emergencies in the past the longer such a pandemic last the greater the strains are and the stronger the criticism of the restrictions. could take months and go and. likely in the number of people who consider the red strictures to be correct or demanding stricter measures is currently growing faster than the number of critics

. in this respect it's not so much the numbers that worry me but the abrasiveness of the argument that. there is hardly a bridge between those who say yes that is correct and those who either don't consider coronavirus a danger a completely reject restrictions drive myself to bring supporters and opponents together this can be done or smaller groups but on a larger scale the conversation has indeed become more difficult as this. review my those people who are now abandoning dialogue that's a changing to the side of the radicals how can they be brought back to the democratic discourse. the among some democrats in this cause if you cannot force someone into a democratic. discourse politicians constantly have to take on the task of explaining in a transparent manner what they're doing and why certain measures are required with

the number of infections driving those that assert that we are dealing with a simple flu that we politicians are cooking up a storm themselves increasingly under pressure of when this president or president in a few days a new president has been elected in the united states how important is that election that is not really. of course this is 1st of all important for the u.s. itself but the election on the vendor 3rd will have a global impact regardless of who wins i hope that afterwards the united states will again develop the ability to have a shared idea about the future of their country. and a good mind. and what's important for us as europeans is also to understand the european project with european integration and cooperation is invested in the transatlantic relationship and this is not been the case

recently but i hope that you understanding for europe will grow the noise 1st and hope of the the vexed supposing that there's a change of president in the white house will the transatlantic relationship be ok . we covered. we europeans and especially we germans must force ourselves to take a realistic look at the changed situation one in which the u.s. also finds itself with the end of the cold war the realisation that russia is no longer the number one threat for the us about that the security threats for the united states might come from other corners of the world a reorientation has a. political reorientation or let's say this focus on china and east asia that's something that began before trump but not with the aggressiveness with which a dispute with china is being sorted now it gets the us and other thing that you

know this or that was the dog what does that mean for german policy not mine a festa good as i am firmly convinced that what 1st of all needs to happen is to recognize that our national interest is europe when i start perhaps this coronavirus crisis has shown how important european cooperation is like there was a really unexpected that courageous decision by the european heads of government into a lie regarding the substantial european reconstruction funds in mind i see that there are joint european efforts for example in the development production and distribution of the vaccine and just recently decisions were made to enable cross border aid when hospitals in border areas overflow and capacities are still available on the other side that means that europe is learning even in the crisis and i hope that this attitude of learning from one another will continue but investing in europe is one of the task i think germany will continue to face. for

the movie does he know. this is a steinmeier the relationship with russia is at its lowest point most recently due to the poisoning of alexina valmy a you concerned. it's been bizarre been bizarre if i give them the bind i'm concerned about no colony being poisoned but my concern actually dates back a long time and of course one should mention the illegal annexation of crimea where i fear that moscow has not properly understood the shock that it caused in europe and not just in eastern europe. didn't change things for the better the members of the opposition in russia can increasingly under pressure. some have to fear for their lives some have lost them right up to the. ones in the says put us in a situation where the distance has grown without

a thought. of oxen as. their mind and i believe we shouldn't just let this process of alienation continue . to listen to our phones and. our history in europe but also that your graphical location with russia as a neighbor makes it necessary to look for opportunities again and again to come to that but as i say you cannot change this unilaterally there's also requires the will and understanding of the russian side with. its klink it sounds as though they aren't giving enough do you get little i mean it's true to tell us. when just because developments in the u.s. russia and china show how important it is for germany to take on a leadership role how much is germany ready for light. and fast and we need an understanding in germany that this country is important in europe and if we invest

in europe others will too due to our geographical location and history we have the task of building bridges that need to be built in europe between instant waste and bridges across some of the misunderstandings and cracks that have appeared in the past year but what's more important still is understanding that we also have to invest in europe in terms of security policy over all 15 that's what it is investing on the one hand this means making europe stronger and on the other hand as i said recently it also means significantly strengthening the european pillar in nato. in the. stocking both unnecessary and. by this is notan has by my and mr stein my next year we have federal elections in germany is also much the end of angela merkel's political era isn't germany losing influence with the chancellor both internationally and in europe and that's another

that's. first of all it is quite natural that if someone had the opportunity to gain political experience after so many years in government office and even more importantly the opportunity to expand the political network in all european countries and far beyond for ever becomes a success will start differently who stop in this respect and big shoes to. the door that knish. doesn't mean that the success is denied the opportunity to very similar influence over the years that's not easy you're right in. the shoes. on this only if with the things in course when this president thank you for the interview i thank you.

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