European union Quote by Jose Manuel Barroso

Europe is and will be a Union of States.

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It…

— William Hague

We have a commitment to making sure that the U.K. remains a member of the European Union.

— Chuka Umunna

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

Of course the EU and member states must work to ensure that people moving from one country to another understand their obligations and their…

— John Bruton

We believe in a flexible union of free member states who share treaties and institutions and pursue together the ideal of co-operation, to represent…

— David Cameron

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

The European Union's finished. It doesn't work. You know, we just had the honor in Britain of being the first country that rejected membership.…

— Nigel Farage

The European Union is a union of the extreme center. It's a banker's union. You see how they operate in country after country, appointing…

— Tariq Ali

The countries of Europe are too small to guarantee their peoples the necessary prosperity and social development. The European states must constitute themselves into…

— Jean Monnet

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

— Hans Tietmeyer

Over the longer term, the institutions and powers of the EU will continue to expand and certain policymaking powers, heretofore vested in the member…

— David Cameron