Certain Quote by Mark Steyn

“the welfare states of western Europe were not politically divisive. They were socially re-distributive in general intent (some more than others) but not at…

— Tony Judt

“The continent has embraced a spiritual death long before the demographic one. In those seventeen European countries that have fallen into the "lowest-low fertility,"…

— Mark Steyn

By common consent, most European countries support the maintenance of robust welfare states and are comfortable with taxation systems that support them.

— Charles Kennedy

Europe has to avoid old prejudices and new ones. That means north versus south, rich versus poor.

— Mario Monti

Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.

— Peter Mandelson

But what sets Europe apart is we insist on a social model that consists of solidarity, equal opportunity and a certain amount of redistribution.

— Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Europe is often held up as a cautionary tale, a demonstration that if you try to make the economy less brutal, to take better…

— Paul Krugman

Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a sense, in a word, of…

— James Baldwin

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

“The people of Europe have lost their will to live; they are dying out, because they don't want to thrive any longer, because they…

— Markus Willinger

Everyone who chooses to live in Europe must accept the basic values. This includes the rule of law as well as equality of men…

— Vera Jourova

“somewhat different. Many European countries have long practiced something resembling social democracy: but they have forgotten how to preach it. Social democrats today are…

— Tony Judt