Rather than being typical items in the in-tray of a political leader, observers note that these subjects, respectively perhaps the most intractable and the most sensitive issues facing modern politicians, are for Pöttering sources of personal motivation.
Varētu šķist, ka šie jautājumi ir uz katra politiskā līdera rakstāmgalda, taču H. G. Poteringam tā ir sirdslieta.