European union Quotes · Page 4

“When we imagine an alien planet, we rarely imagine it to be divided into countries—because that would be, you know, backward.”

— Neel Burton

As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders.

— Jonathan Sacks

Brexit has really broken a taboo. The Brits have shown us that you can leave the European Union, and you can come…

— Marine Le Pen

It's a European Union of economic failure, of mass unemployment and of low growth.

— Nigel Farage

Brexit is a disaster, Italy won't be real about its debt, and the European Union is in trouble.

— John Layfield

Western Europe has been redefining the nation state since 1945 when it formed the European Union following World War II.

— Pete Hoekstra

I felt we needed someone to lead this country who believed heart and soul in leaving the European Union.

— Michael Gove

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

— Jo Johnson

The Financial Times is pro-British membership of the European Union. We have taken that position for decades. But we are not starry-eyed…

— Lionel Barber

The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order…

— Maggie Gallagher

I believe many people - especially small- and medium-sized enterprises across the European Union - are disenchanted with Europe because we haven't…

— Frans Timmermans

A European currency will lead to member-nations transferring their sovereignty over financial and wage policies as well as in monetary affairs... It…

— Hans Tietmeyer

“Just as the UK should withdraw from the EU and go back to the original European Economic Area principles of engagement with…

— Przemek Skwirczynski

Like so many other people in the U.K., I took the chance offered to us in a single question: Should we leave…

— Andrea Leadsom

If you go through all the structures and features of this emerging European monster you will notice that it more and more…

— Vladimir Bukovsky

“Swedish society is mentally Sick. They need to burn their hypocrisy, selfishness, ego, and their radical intolerance mindset rather than quran”

— Mohammed Zaki Ansari

The Conservatives are a confusing lot. They first denied climate change was a serious issue and then suggested strengthening the nuclear industry…

— Zac Goldsmith

We want a comprehensive package that covers export subsidies, tariffs and overall levels of support. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is making…

— Kevin Watkins

When we said that no more areas of power should go to the EU we were right. And now thanks to the…

— William Hague

The Czech Republic, severed from its old Slovak half, sits in apparent landlocked contentment, inside the European Union but outside the troubled…

— Thomas Mallon

Establishing proper economic governance that allows the Eurozone to undertake the integration it needs whilst protecting the interests of the single market…

— George Osborne

To achieve effectiveness and legitimacy it is time to scrap the right of veto given to permanent members of the UN, or…

— Richard A. Falk

I think that what we have heard from the Remain campaign throughout this whole referendum have been dire warnings of the terrible…

— Michael Gove

I'm not very enthusiastic about smaller nations forming their own states, particularly those in the West, where they would, after gaining 'independence',…

— Andre Vltchek

The two key words for the European Union are creativity and fruitfulness. That's the challenge.

— Pope Francis

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

— Federica Mogherini

We have a commitment to making sure that the U.K. remains a member of the European Union.

— Chuka Umunna

I'm against the European Union, but I am very much in favor of Europe.

— Geert Wilders

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

— Ivan Krastev

“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

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

— Winston Churchill

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

— Frans Timmermans

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

— David Cameron

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

— Michael Gove

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

— David Cameron

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

— Gerhard Schroder

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

— Geert Wilders

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

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

— Ben Miller

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

— Jean-Claude Juncker