From 1999 until 2005, Sigmar Gabriel is a member of the SPD party executive committee, from 2009 to 2017 he is chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and since 2005 directly elected member of the German Bundestag. He was a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet from 2005 to 2009 as Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. In Chancellor Merkel's Cabinet III, he served as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy and Vice Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 2013 to 2017, and then as Federal Foreign Minister until 2018.
Sigmar Gabriel is Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke e.V., a member of the Trilateral Commission and the European Council of Foreign Relations. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group and the Advisory Board of Deloitte.
Europe in an uncomfortable world
Taking into account current events, Sigmar Gabriel, former Federal Minister, shares his view of world affairs and elaborates on the role of Europe today. An important part of his analysis is the impact on Germany as a business location.