Circumstances Quote by Lech Kaczynski

You have to consider that countries have now joined the EU that had no sovereignty for decades, countries like Poland, or others that weren't…

— Lech Kaczynski

Poland is a sovereign state. We want the same rights as all other EU countries. Nothing more, but nothing less, either.

— Jaroslaw Kaczynski

Some in the West apparently believe that Poland no longer has its own interests, and that it is all too willing to agree with…

— Lech Kaczynski

I can confirm that Poland should become a eurozone country, and not just because of the treaties that have been signed, but because I…

— Donald Tusk

Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.

— George H. W. Bush

If you ask the Polish people, I believe that a vast majority of them would say they are pleased with E.U. membership, but also…

— Andrzej Duda

The EU treaties clearly promote an alliance of national states that, as far as possible, maintain their own responsibilities. There is no mention of…

— Jaroslaw Kaczynski

No one imposes things on anyone in Europe. That's not my notion, nor is it my temperament. The EU has always functioned under the…

— Francois Hollande

Speaking from my experience as a person involved for a long time in building the European Union, it is important to have patience and…

— Giorgio Napolitano

Poland is at the center of European civilization. It has contributed mightily to that civilization. It is doing so today by being magnificently unreconciled…

— Ronald Reagan

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

Just look at Poland, a sort of European perspective this has. So we have an interest in seeing this relationship be a good one.…

— Angela Merkel