In this video from the TV program Unter den Linden, Norbert Röttgen (CDU, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee) and Omid Nouripour (Foreign Policy Spokesman for the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group) discuss Germany's role in the world. Nouripour, whose party was in opposition at the time, criticized the foreign and security policy of the CDU/CSU-FDP government coalition as damaging to Germany's interests. Röttgen, who was himself a cabinet member of the government until 2012, defends its policy.