European union Quotes · Page 5

A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union…

— Jose Manuel Barroso

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

— Radovan Kavický

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

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

— Josip Novakovich

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

— Federica Mogherini

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

— Jean-Claude Juncker

“European Union and politicians and how they knew bugger all about anything apart from lining their own pockets.”

— Mark Sennen

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

No government dependent on a democratic vote could possibly agree in advance to the sacrifices which any adequate plan for European Union…

— Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft

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

The purpose of the European Union expansion is to bring stability to the East, and ultimately, that stability will come to Russia.…

— Wesley Clark

Both the Eurozone and European Union is like the end of the Roman Empire. It's already started. In a few years' time…

— Geert Wilders

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

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

— Jo Johnson

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

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

In Europe there's kind of a reaction to the European Union, kind of a move towards some kind of regionalization. It's more…

— Noam Chomsky

As you probably know, some American politicians and American journalists refer to Washington, DC as the "capital of the free world." But…

— Joe Biden

“Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister of Italy says in 2025. Islam is not compatible with western values, This is my reply to her.…

— Mohammed Zaki Ansari

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

There were various different keys in which European history had tended to be written. One is the lyrical key, the idea that…

— Tony Judt

The European Union is not unbreakable; something that is breakable is extremely valuable.

— Frans Timmermans

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

— John Hutton

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

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

— Michael Gove

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

— 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

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 European Union needs a comprehensive, continent-wise, transnational counter-terrorism center that has the authority to track threats across borders.

— Chris Murphy

To me, the European Union says there is a charter that protects you; you have fundamental rights, and they are staying silent…

— Carles Puigdemont

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

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

— Michael Gove