We will have to pay less than we had expected, but we will pay more than in the past.

The scope of the media report is about right. The net contributor position will actually change.

This is certainly not traditional British courtesy.

The fundamentals of German policy on the Middle East remain firm.

We have to use existing contacts to contribute to de-escalation.

The German government expects from Russia and Ukraine that the bilateral negotiations between the two countries about gas deliveries to Ukraine should not lead to the curtailing of gas provisions in Europe.