European union Quotes · Page 5

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

— Ben Miller

“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

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

Angela Merkel wants to impose her policies on others. This will lead to an explosion of the European Union.

— Marine Le Pen

There is a need for the European Union to use all potential we have on defense cooperation.

— Federica Mogherini

There's a lot in common between the Trump phenomenon and the campaign for Britain to exit the European Union, known as Brexit.

— Chris Hayes

It is conceivable that at some point a truly united and powerful European Union could become a global political rival to the…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

One of the reasons why many British voters chose to leave the European Union was because they distrusted European institutions. Of all…

— Anne Applebaum

Indians invest more in Britain than in the rest of European Union combined. It is not because they want to save on…

— Narendra Modi

Nobody in their right mind will even attempt or even think of leaving the European Union, because they will understand that it…

— Jose Angel Gurria

Leaving the European Union really does give us a chance as a country to become more outward-looking, to become more competitive, and…

— Liz Truss

I felt it was vital to stress the importance of national security in this debate and the need for a clear path…

— Liam Fox

Everyone from Silesians to Sicilians to Scots seems to want autonomy or independence. The British voted to leave the European Union, and…

— Max Boot

We need an approach to Brexit that will help us end austerity, rather than prolonging it. That is why I will continue…

— Wes Streeting

We need a change of course in the European Union. The most important is the focus on the big questions and a…

— Sebastian Kurz

One of things that surprised me when I was in Iran was to find out that the country finances seven times as…

— Sadakat Kadri

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

— Pascal Couchepin

For the institutions of the European Union are at present incomplete. A European Senate is badly needed to complete them. By creating…

— Larry Siedentop

“In an innovative proposal linked to basic income that has attracted interest across the European Union, Philippe van Parijs has suggested that…

— Guy Standing

[Pope Francis] continued to focus on migrants. He visited the Greek island of Lesbos, which was the front line of the European…

— Sylvia Poggioli

EU tech companies face massive global competitors from Silicon Valley and China. Our goal should be to create real European champions and…

— Axelle Lemaire

Countries are different. They make different choices. We cannot harmonise everything. For example, it is neither right nor necessary to claim that…

— David Cameron

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

Trump's election has opened many people's eyes in Europe to how valuable the European Union and international cooperation are.

— Cecilia Malmstrom

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

— David Cameron

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

— Lionel Barber

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

“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

“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

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

— Geert Wilders

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

— Helmut Kohl

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

— Michael Gove

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

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

— Jo Johnson

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

— Michael Gove