After Quote by Najib Razak

The Eurogroup decisions are always taken unanimously.

— Jose Manuel Barroso

Political union means transferring the prerogatives of national legislatures to the European parliament, which would then decide how to structure Europe's fiscal, banking, and…

— Barry Eichengreen

Whatever the details of union may be, there's no doubt we need more policy coordination in Europe.

— Gerhard Schroder

This much is true: When we created the euro, it wasn't possible to create a political union along with it. People weren't ready for…

— Wolfgang Schauble

Europe is and will be a Union of States.

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union.

— Gerhard Schroder

My objective is that before the end of the millennium Europe should have a true federation. The Commission should become a political executive which…

— Jacques Delors

Unionism, seldom if ever, uses such powers as it has to ensure better work; almost always it devotes a large part of that power…

— H. L. Mencken

The European Union is not only a great idea, but it's also an idea we must keep working on.

— Sebastian Kurz

This can sound as something naive. But if we are together in this union, it's because we choose to be one in many things.…

— Federica Mogherini

Establishing proper economic governance that allows the Eurozone to undertake the integration it needs whilst protecting the interests of the single market for all…

— George Osborne

It [the Euro] is a decisive step towards ever closer political and institutional union in Europe. Above all, it is political.

— Carlo Azeglio Ciampi