Cultural identity Quote by Gunter Grass

I believe that all the euphoria about Europe has led many of us to forget that Europe is a conglomerate of different entities and…

— Margrethe II of Denmark

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

— Federica Mogherini

This much is true: When we created the euro, it wasn't possible to create a political union along with it. People weren't ready for…

— Wolfgang Schauble

But the European Union does not have a concept of national identity. It was set up to abolish that idea, not to abolish German…

— Roger Scruton

Europe is a much more complex historical, cultural, and geographical concept than is envisaged in the reduced approach by the European Union.

— Haris Pasovic

Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union.

— Gerhard Schroder

Europe has lived on its contradictions, flourished on its differences, and, constantly transcending itself thereby, has created a civilization on which the whole world…

— Albert Camus

Today, nobody cares about European culture. We have a tradition, a vision, a culture of the past, we have legacy, but we don't have…

— Frederic Martel

I see us very much at the heart of Europe. We are founding members of the single market; we are founding members of the…

— Leo Varadkar

“Europe, it is true, is a geographical and, within certain limits, an historical cultural conception. But the idea of Europe as an economic unit…

— Rosa Luxemburg

Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was culture that…

— Dario Fo

“The whole concept of European culture as a cornucopia from which things are freely given is misleading. It does not take a specialist in…

— Bronisław Malinowski