It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We are seeing significant growth in foreign investment in Germany.
The euro is a vital issue for Germany. There is no other country that derives as much benefit from the common domestic market and the monetary union as Germany.
Germany is very free-trade oriented.
The German export successes are not the result of some sort of currency manipulation, but of the increased competitiveness of companies. The American growth model, on the other hand, is in a deep crisis.
Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources.
In a slow-growing world that is short on aggregate demand, Germany's trade surplus is a problem.
I see nothing that points to a recession in Germany. But I see considerable long-term tasks ahead of us that have to do with markets regaining confidence in Europe and that have a lot to do with reducing debt.
Germany's strength lies largely in the fact that the Federal Republic is a center of industry and that it's an export nation.
Despite this lamentable lack of balance in our education I do not believe that either children or adults in my country are permeated by a widespread hostility to Germany.
Germany is in favor of integration precisely because we don't want dominance.
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