Photo Gallery Five Questions, Four Agendas
EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn. "The remaining ratifications of the Lisbon Treaty, which are expected to take place in the fall of this year, and the treaty's subsequent entry into force will considerably strengthen the problem-solving capacity of the European Union," Eckart von Klaeden says.
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek talk prior to a European Council summit at the headquarters of the European Council last year. "The Lisbon Treaty now requires a new collateral law that strengthens the rights of the Bundestag and Bundesrat and enables the legislators to fully represent their citizens, even on EU matters," Jürgen Trittin says.
German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung earlier this week. "The devastating terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, were planned in Afghanistan. Since then, the risk of terrorism emanating from that country has been curbed to a great extent," Eckart von Klaeden says.
US President Barack Obama at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "Europe and the United States need each other to effectively meet new global challenges. The growth in the relative importance of a number of newly industrializing countries has not changed this," Gernot Erler says.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Chancellor Angela Merkel during the official ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. "I would like to see the same deep friendship between Germans and Poles as has now been established between Germans and the French. Germany and others have paid far too little attention to bilateral relationships within the European Union recently," Guido Westerwelle says.
