European union Quotes · Page 6

Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union.

— John Hutton

We will have to create an avant-garde… We could have a Union for the enlarged Europe, and a Federation for the avant-garde.

— Jacques Delors

“Journalists are pretty much like European union. They don't take 'no' as an answer.”

— Radovan Kavický

I'd like to see the argument made for greater worldwide federalism, not just the European Union.

— Ben Miller

“Quite a few people are here to study the European Union. Perhaps there is such a thing as the European Union.”

— Josip Novakovich

The European Union has decades of experience in overcoming crises and has always emerged stronger after.

— Jean-Claude Juncker

We need a Palestinian state - that is the ultimate goal, and this is the position of all the European Union.

— Federica Mogherini

There must be no question for us that we in the European Union and the eurozone stand by Greece in solidarity.

— Helmut Kohl

Let's not underestimate the European Union. You know what united Europe? Values. And that's why I am absolutely sure about the unity…

— Petro Poroshenko

If we left the European Union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. So we will have time for a…

— David Cameron

Lithuania is a small country, so our contribution would not be that large. We are not afraid of our responsibility. We receive…

— Dalia Grybauskaite

The promise to leave the European Union, end the supremacy of EU law and take back control of our democracy. With my…

— Michael Gove

The European Union spends most of its time either suing me, torturing me, criticizing me or condemning me for lowering the cost…

— Michael O'Leary

Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in…

— Jan Peter Balkenende

We need sound political and economic relations with the United Kingdom, and I am very grateful to the European Union's lead negotiator,…

— Sebastian Kurz

Our relationship with the European Union, which has done so much to promote stability, stimulate economic growth, and foster the spread of…

— Barack Obama

First of all, Greece won't go down. We're talking about a country that is capable of making change. Europe will not allow…

— George Papandreou

Just imagine, more than half of the young people in the European Union do not have jobs. How can one explain that?…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

After the fall of communism in Poland, we had a post-communist as president for two terms: Aleksander Kwasniewski. He was very good.…

— Adam Michnik

Britain has always told the world that being British is about the humanity, compassion and moral fortitude that we have. All great…

— John Barnes

We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this…

— David Cameron

The rule of law means that law and justice are upheld by an independent judiciary. The judgments of the European Court of…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

Do we want a multicultural society, following the model of the English-speaking world, where fundamental Islam is progressing and we see major…

— Marine Le Pen

Europe is sort of like the Soviet Union in the '30s and '40s. There was an argument, is it reformable or not?…

— Michael Hudson

The European Union is robbing us of our national identities, our nation states.

— Geert Wilders

The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.

— Gerhard Schroder

It [European Union] has kept the peace in Europe. Countries used to fight and now they talk. We should be attached to…

— David Cameron

In order to be able to reduce migration we need to be outside the European Union.

— Michael Gove

The European Union should come up with a solid plan to help especially Poland and Slovakia make this transition away from coal.

— Frans Timmermans

If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea.

— Winston Churchill

But I do think that Brexit, an exit of Britain from the European Union, would trigger real pressure on the United Kingdom.

— Lionel Barber

Today the main, over-riding purpose of the European Union is different: not to win peace, but to secure prosperity.

— David Cameron

“The U.K. should begin with an F And have a C after the U, And it should end in E D Now…

— Harry Whitewolf

For the European Union, Russia is as important politically and economically as China is to the U.S.

— Ivan Krastev

“Greece's bailout, then Ireland's, then Portgual's, then Spain's were primarily rescue packages for French and German banks.”

— Yanis Varoufakis

The European Union's enlargement is part of the natural process of integration and globalisation that is underway in the world today.

— Vladimir Putin

Effectively, the EU is a very powerful bureaucracy, dominated now by the German elite, which is backed by the rest of the…

— Tariq Ali

I think that the European Union negotiators have gotten a shock. They were shocked when they realised the Brexit trade negotiations were…

— Claire Fox

A united Europe is our Continent's only chance to avoid falling off the world's radar. The heads of government of Germany, France…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

I have spent more time thinking about European issues than even I can imagine - so many years thinking about Britain and…

— Jo Johnson