The former SPD party leader was Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1994 to 2013.
Interview: Sabine Hoffmann
Given the difficult social and political situation, are you happy that you no longer have political responsibility?
Above all, I feel concerned and challenged to make my modest contribution to ensuring that we protect and save our liberal democracy and achieve a sensible foreign policy. In this respect, it is not so much a relief to no longer have responsibility, but rather an oppression.