Communication Quote by Margot Wallstrom

Europe was initially supposed to be primarily a political project! The EU never would have come about had it been up to experts or…

— Emmanuel Macron

When I saw how the European Union was developing, it was very obvious what they had in mind was not democratic. In Britain, you…

— Tony Benn

In Europe, even more so than in national politics, we have to follow the principle laid down by Martin Luther: Use language that the…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

There is a connection waiting to be made between the decline in democratic participation and the explosion in new ways of communicating. We need…

— Robin Cook

Democracy begins in human conversation. A democratic conversation does not require elaborate rules of procedure or utopian notions of perfect consensus. What it does…

— William Greider

Europe must be understood and controlled by its citizens.

— Francois Hollande

The EU Constitution is something new in human history. Though it is not as eloquent as the French and U.S. constitutions, it is the…

— Jeremy Rifkin

I know this isn't a widespread view in the Anglo Saxon world, but I believe that much of the reconciliation between more centralized governance…

— Mario Monti

The EU can lead the world toward more humane technology. But doing so requires thinking more broadly about reining in social media platforms to…

— Tristan Harris

Implementing parts of European constitution and leaving out others - without knowing where we're going - isn't an option. That would be detrimental to…

— Angela Merkel

EU expansion is, unfortunately, continuing without a constitution, as a gradual process of standardization - and that's far more dangerous. It is very difficult…

— Vaclav Klaus

The EU will face problems similar to the US: an increasing gap between the citizens and decision makers in Brussels and a perceived or…

— David Korten