Borders Quote by Francois Hollande

Without a tighter union, Europe will disintegrate

— Rem Koolhaas

I think that each country must protect its own borders, and that is why I'm simply asking for the abolition of Schengen.

— Marine Le Pen

If the Schengen system (of border-free travel) is destroyed, Europe will be seriously endangered politically and economically. That is why we Europeans have to…

— Wolfgang Schauble

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

— John Major

This is crossing the Rubicon, after which there will be no more sovereign states in Europe with fully-fledged governments and parliaments which represent legitimate…

— Vaclav Klaus

I am sure the euro will oblige us to introduce a new set of economic policy instruments. It is politically impossible to propose that…

— Romano Prodi

We need a common European tax policy that closes these tax loopholes. We need a common European social policy that prevents social dumping. We…

— Martin Schulz

No country or continent can open its borders to all comers without fundamentally weakening itself and this is the risk that the countries of…

— Tony Abbott

At the very end, what is going to happen is that immigration will be reduced considerably. And how can we get to that stage?…

— Vicente Fox

If I can recover the sovereignty, I think Europe will change completely. It will change radically. And if I cannot the sovereignty back, then…

— Marine Le Pen

If once again Germany destabilizes Europe, then Germany will be not be divided again, but wiped off the map. East and West have the…

— Lech Walesa

Nobody in Europe will be abandoned. Nobody in Europe will be excluded. Europe only succeeds if we work together.

— Angela Merkel