Country Quote by Lech Kaczynski

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

I think that we have refined greatly our notions of sovereignty in the EU. Its members consider themselves to be sovereign governments, but they…

— Mary Robinson

Every country has its own diplomacy. Being part of Europe doesn't mean giving up one's independence or no longer being able to take the…

— Emmanuel Macron

Nations are an historic reality in Europe. They all have different histories, and they joined the EU at very different times and under widely…

— Lech Kaczynski

The Federated Republic of Europe-the United States of Europe-that is what must be. National autonomy no longer suffices. Economic evolution demands the abolition of…

— Leon Trotsky

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

— Jaroslaw Kaczynski

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

— Hans Tietmeyer

I'm not very enthusiastic about smaller nations forming their own states, particularly those in the West, where they would, after gaining 'independence', remain in…

— Andre Vltchek

The fusion (of economic functions) would compel nations to fuse their sovereignty into that of a single European State.

— Jean Monnet

Europe started very well in the 1950s with a trading bloc but it became a political project, and we transferred sovereignty to them. If…

— Geert Wilders

People want their own laws to take precedence over those of the European Union. The French have understood that the EU does not live…

— Marine Le Pen

The Baltic countries are sovereign nations. They have the right to decide which military and political bloc they want to be a part of.

— Sergei Ivanov