Europe Quote by Frans Timmermans

Public confidence in, and support for, the euro - and, indeed, the European Union - will ultimately be determined by how well we deliver…

— Enda Kenny

My first guiding principle is this: willing and active co-operation between independent sovereign states. Europe will be stronger precisely because it has France as…

— Margaret Thatcher

Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an…

— Ulrich Beck

Effectively, the EU is a very powerful bureaucracy, dominated now by the German elite, which is backed by the rest of the European Union…

— Tariq Ali

I have very strong views about Europe. We're quite the best country. We rescued them. We're not going to get entangled with them. We've…

— Margaret Thatcher

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

— Hans Tietmeyer

We believe in a free Europe, not a standardised Europe. Diminish that variety within the member states, and you impoverish the whole Community. We…

— Margaret Thatcher

Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of…

— George Papandreou

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

— John Major

I think that it is becoming more and more clear that the European Union is an indispensable partner in some fields.

— Federica Mogherini

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

It is in our nations' interests to see a strong European Union with a growing economy, competitive on the world market.

— David Lidington