Able Quote by David Cameron

The EU must be able to act with the speed and flexibility of a network, not the cumbersome rigidity of a bloc. We must…

— David Cameron

A two-speed Europe will not be a strong Europe. The idea of making decisions and policies in a narrow circle, disregarding smaller EU members,…

— Georgi Parvanov

If the EU and its 25 member states make a clever use of all policy instruments, broadband for all Europeans is certainly not out…

— Viviane Reding

Europe cannot be only the receiver of strategic decisions of others, that is China or the U.S.A. We have to be strong ourselves to…

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

Europe must act quickly where it's needed and must, once and for all, let member states handle what is their exclusive domain.

— Francois Hollande

The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels.

— William Hague

At the same time the Constitution sets in stone the Stability Pact and risks preventing member States from implementing a policy of growth. So…

— Laurent Fabius

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

— Hans Tietmeyer

Europe is slow to react, it is lagging behind in competitiveness, there are problems with demography, population, serious problems with security, internal security and…

— Viktor Orban

Europe has shown how government can be organised in a network. Its institutions both compete and co-operate and include a directly elected parliament that…

— Geoff Mulgan

People feel that the EU is a one-way process, a great machine that sucks up decision-making from national parliaments to the European level until…

— William Hague

EU tech companies face massive global competitors from Silicon Valley and China. Our goal should be to create real European champions and not to…

— Axelle Lemaire