Joschka Fischer

Germany should leave the euro and Schengen, in order to supposedly become safer and economically more stable – and thereby give up the common currency and European freedom of movement in favor of a national, special path.

— Alice Weidel, AfD co-spokeswoman, in the ZDF interview

The Americans are effectively on their way out.

— Joschka Fischer, former Foreign Minister, said this to the Funke Mediengruppe newspapers.

I am sticking to the idea of Europe with stubborn resolve. The alternative is nationalism — where it leads, we have seen.

— Joschka Fischer, on the future of Europe; context: Tagesspiegel interview and WDR Europaforum

We Europeans must understand: We are on our own now, and we must take care of our own security.

— Joschka Fischer, in a Markus Lanz interview, discussing transatlantic relations and Germany's security.

His nightmare has come true, that America would rethink and fall away as a protective power.

— Konrad Adenauer, grandson of former Chancellor Adenauer, reflecting on the current security policy shift of the USA away from Europe.

These blah-blah institutions - they make me sick. They are a sign of weakness.

— Joschka Fischer expressed during a panel discussion at the Free University of Berlin about Europe's challenges and the EU.