Europe has achieved peaceful political union for the first…

Thanks to the euro, our pockets will soon hold solid evidence of a European identity. We need to build on this, and make the…

— Laurent Fabius

While individuals may have profound disagreements and differences about our politics, the way we address those disagreements in this country must be peaceful, through…

— Josh Shapiro

We do not deny the possibility of peaceful [political] transition, but we are still awaiting the first case.

— Fidel Castro

My vision is to put this country and the British people first and for us to divorce ourselves from political union and re-engage with…

— Nigel Farage

“Europe faces a choice between more political union and less economic union. As long as it delays making the choice, democracy will suffer.”

— Anonymous

Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of…

— George Papandreou

After choosing monetary union, further political union and workable governance in Europe was always going to be necessary.

— Najib Razak

Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union.

— Gerhard Schroder

Political union means transferring the prerogatives of national legislatures to the European parliament, which would then decide how to structure Europe's fiscal, banking, and…

— Barry Eichengreen

This much is true: When we created the euro, it wasn't possible to create a political union along with it. People weren't ready for…

— Wolfgang Schauble

The EU might have become a large federal nation. But they would have had to do things differently. Number one, they would've had to…

— Martha C. Nussbaum

“Putin has positioned himself as the leader of an authoritarian, xenophobic international movement that wants to expel immigrants, break up the European Union, weaken…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

Public confidence in, and support for, the euro - and, indeed, the European Union - will ultimately be determined by how well we deliver…

— Enda Kenny

We have to be serious and consistent if we believe the European Union makes sense. I believe it makes sense.

— Federica Mogherini

There is no precedent of an advanced economy withdrawing from a trade agreement as deep and as complex as the European Union.

— Jo Johnson