Belief Quote by Catherine Ashton

Europe is a democracy and differences of opinion are part of it.

— Jean-Claude Juncker

It's wrong to focus only on economic cooperation and then to hope that a sufficiently stable system will become democratic more or less by…

— Alvaro de Vasconcelos

Well, that's the way democracy works. We have to build this Europe with the material we have at our disposal. And this material is…

— Timothy Garton Ash

Democracy suits Europeans today partly because it is associated with the triumph of capitalism and partly because it involves less commitment or intrusion into…

— Mark Mazower

No one imposes things on anyone in Europe. That's not my notion, nor is it my temperament. The EU has always functioned under the…

— Francois Hollande

In a free Europe... the system of power lies on three pillars. These are democracy, rule of law, and human rights. It's impossible to…

— Frans Timmermans

Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take…

— Jose Manuel Barroso

Europe has to secure its borders and support those in the neighborhood who share our values.

— Herman Van Rompuy

It is an illusion to think that [EU] states can hold on to their autonomy.

— Hans Tietmeyer

The EU will face problems similar to the US: an increasing gap between the citizens and decision makers in Brussels and a perceived or…

— David Korten

Europeans believe in democracy - or, at least, in republican government - but they have considered the alternatives, and continue to do so, and…

— William Pfaff

In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old age.

— Klemens von Metternich