Contrast Quote by Emmanuel Macron

Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world.

— John Henrik Clarke

I defy anyone - and I have said this to the Germans - to build a solid, articulated, and viable Europe without France's consent.

— Pierre Laval

Europe was initially supposed to be primarily a political project! The EU never would have come about had it been up to experts or…

— Emmanuel Macron

What we should grasp, however, from the lessons of European history is that, first, there is nothing necessarily benevolent about programmes of European integration;…

— Margaret Thatcher

(A unified) 'Europe' is the result of plans. It is, in fact, a classic utopian project, a monument to the vanity of intellectuals, a…

— Margaret Thatcher

Europe lacks leadership and a sense of mission and too many people don't feel a part of it.

— Peter Mandelson

I have always found the word 'Europe' on the lips of those who wanted something from others which they dared not demand in their…

— Otto von Bismarck

Did not manage to convince the French people that we were going in the right direction.

— Alain Juppe

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

Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which the interests and ambitions…

— David Cameron

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

— Tony Judt

The idea that the EU is somehow the guarantor of peace on the continent - that is in itself rash, in my view, and…

— Boris Johnson