Disaster Quote by Julia Hartley-Brewer

I never had the guts to go to Calais. I didn't see for myself the conditions people were living in, or hear their stories…

— Karla Crome

France wants Britain to remain in the E.U.; indeed, how can we imagine that friendly nation that is our ally and played a role…

— Francois Hollande

There will always be border controls between France and Britain, whether we are in the E.U. or not, simply because we are not in…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

We have taken a situation in the U.K. because of concerns, for example, over immigration and other things, so Britain now is on a…

— Tony Blair

Britain outside the E.U. would be less able to respond with the speed and strength we need to tackle complex and growing cross-border threats…

— Keir Starmer

Our interests lie in attracting added value and talent to France as a result of Brexit, but also in having a balanced relationship with…

— Emmanuel Macron

“The French army had crowned a campaign of extraordinary successes by defeating the Austrians at Jemappes and pressing on to occupy a large swathe…

— Mike Jay

Men are very apt to run into extremes, hatred to England may carry come into an excess of Confidence in France... I am heartily…

— George Washington

Just as Government knows Brexit must not slam the door shut on our relationship with our European neighbours, it must not close down safe…

— Heidi Allen

France needs to find something that makes it stand out. It's not enough for it to do almost as well as its neighbors.

— Bernard Liautaud

The strategy we must follow is to defend the special relationship between Great Britain and Europe and, more specifically, between Europe and France.

— Emmanuel Macron

The real danger to Britain is a foreign policy that is isolationist in Europe and therefore weak in the rest of the world.

— David Miliband