European union Quotes · Page 3

The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union.

— Jose Manuel Barroso

Genuinely, as a mum, all the sunlit uplands are when we leave the European Union.

— Andrea Leadsom

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.

— John Bruton

If we leave the European Union, yes there will be bumps in the road, inevitably, but we will be in a better…

— Michael Gove

I think that it is becoming more and more clear that the European Union is an indispensable partner in some fields.

— Federica Mogherini

The good thing about the European Union is that the joint project ultimately benefits all Member States and not just a few.

— Jean-Claude Juncker

The ability to control our borders stands at the heart of the debate on whether or not Britain should leave the European…

— Priti Patel

Both France and Britain are supportive of India's bid for a broad-based agreement on trade and investment with the European Union.

— Salman Khurshid

People want their own laws to take precedence over those of the European Union. The French have understood that the EU does…

— Marine Le Pen

The strategic partnership between the European Union and the United States is rooted in our shared values of freedom, human rights, democracy…

— Donald Tusk

I want us to move as quickly as we can towards a free trade deal between the U.K. and the U.S.A. that…

— Nigel Farage

If Britain votes to leave the European Union, then that could have huge implications for the entire island of Ireland and, given…

— Martin McGuinness

“What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving…

— Tim Marshall

Mexico is the second most important destination of U.S. exports. What does this mean? The U.S. sells to our country almost the…

— Enrique Pena Nieto

We already have a federation. The 11, soon to be 12, member States adopting the euro have already given up part of…

— Joschka Fischer

The biggest danger to the European Union comes not from those who advocate change, but from those who denounce new thinking as…

— David Cameron

In the Swiss government there is a will to limit the number of doctors themselves, because with new bilateral agreements with the…

— Pascal Couchepin

European Union partners never said European Union partners're going to renege on any promises, European Union partners said that European Union partners…

— Yanis Varoufakis

That as much as we're afraid of New World Order coming and of Canada and America joining together, that if we don't…

— Immortal Technique

Britain is not part of the single currency. That is a decision we have taken, a voluntary decision of this country, but…

— George Osborne

In 2012, the far-right Golden Dawn won 21 seats in Greece's parliamentary election, the right-wing Jobbik gained ground in my native Hungary,…

— George Soros

“The monetary union tries to handle two groups of countries which differ greatly in terms of economic culture. First, the North-West European…

— Frits Bolkestein

Countries will cooperate with each other, and are more likely to cooperate with each other when they share a common culture, as…

— Samuel P. Huntington

To promote the process of European integration, we must improve an institutional mechanism already existing in the European Union, reinforced co-operation, by…

— Lionel Jospin

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

— John Major

The European Union can now act like a major power, at least that is what the European Union tells us.

— John Bolton

The European Union will never see America, or an American president, as a risk.

— Federica Mogherini

Nationalism is war. - in arguing to strengthen the federal powers of the European Union

— Francois Mitterrand

The European Union has lost virtually all of its credibility amongst large swaths of the European population.

— Tariq Ali

It is in our nations' interests to see a strong European Union with a growing economy, competitive on the world market.

— David Lidington

I want to stay in the European Union which is the best trade deal we could possibly have, but we need to…

— Jo Swinson

Europe lacks leadership and a sense of mission and too many people don't feel a part of it.

— Peter Mandelson

I find it unspeakably sad that the United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union.

— Frans Timmermans

Article 50 governs the exit from the European Union and here there can also be no renegotiation.

— Jean-Claude Juncker

The Commission is extremely important. The E.U. without the Commission would not be the European Union.

— Miroslav Lajcak

I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be…

— Olusegun Obasanjo

I hope Britain stays in the European Union, but I don't want to decide for the British.

— Francois Hollande

I will be Madame Frexit if the European Union doesn't give us back our monetary, legislative, territorial, and budget sovereignty.

— Marine Le Pen

We need to put Italian interests before those of the European Union, or at least at the same level.

— Matteo Salvini

An enlarged Union based on Nice is not in the interest of any Member State ... This is not a threat. This…

— Joschka Fischer