The argument that won the Brexit campaign is the one that said take back control... which is another way of saying we… — Frans Timmermans Brexit Copy Share Image
If nationalism makes us poor, weak, and morally insecure, how can it claim to be patriotic? I maintain that nationalists are unpatriotic. — Frans Timmermans How Copy Share Image
The Netherlands believes in a vigorous Europe with a commission that is independent and robust. — Frans Timmermans Europe Copy Share Image
Protectionism has never been an answer, will never be an answer. We need trade. We need trade agreements worldwide. — Frans Timmermans Answer Copy Share Image
It is a duty for any government to uphold the rule of law, and this sometimes requires the proportionate use of force. — Frans Timmermans Duty Copy Share Image
This is the game of those who deny climate change or who deny the need for sustainability. They say, 'They are going… — Frans Timmermans Change Copy Share Image
How many millions of straws do we use every day across Europe? I would have people not use plastic straws any more. — Frans Timmermans Day Copy Share Image
What is the issue that has brought the European Union to the brink? The issue of migration. — Frans Timmermans European union Copy Share Image
For all its shortcomings, European co-operation and integration has created an understanding of shared destiny. We no longer point guns at each… — Frans Timmermans Destiny Copy Share Image
Nationalism makes us weak because its eternal seeking of enemies, its disdain of others, its need to feel superior makes cooperation with… — Frans Timmermans Enemies Copy Share Image
I think we have a political and moral duty to do everything within our power to maintain the Good Friday Agreement. — Frans Timmermans Duty Copy Share Image
Plastic waste is undeniably a big issue, and Europeans need to act together to tackle this problem because plastic waste ends up… — Frans Timmermans Air Copy Share Image
If the E.U. is to survive... it is based on the fact that for every community that belongs in Europe, there is… — Frans Timmermans Based Copy Share Image
The main actors on the world stage are the size of continents, be they nation states or voluntary groupings of nation states… — Frans Timmermans Help Copy Share Image
In a free Europe... the system of power lies on three pillars. These are democracy, rule of law, and human rights. It's… — Frans Timmermans Democracy Copy Share Image
The European Union is not unbreakable; something that is breakable is extremely valuable. — Frans Timmermans European union Copy Share Image
Our darkest angels in Europe are always somewhere under the surface. — Frans Timmermans Always Copy Share Image
One of the principles upon which the E.U. is built is the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary. — Frans Timmermans Freedom Copy Share Image
I think in Trump's view of the world, when the other person loses, he wins. — Frans Timmermans He Copy Share Image
If Europe does not understand that our sister continent, Africa, a stone's throw away, is going to face a demographic explosion, if… — Frans Timmermans Collective responsibility Copy Share Image
I will do everything I can... to make sure that Poland sticks to a development that fosters the rule of law, democracy. — Frans Timmermans Democracy Copy Share Image
Britain can get far better results if it engages with Europe than standing on the sidelines and saying that Europe should change. — Frans Timmermans Better Copy Share Image
