Consent Quote by Pierre Laval

“What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that…

— Tim Marshall

“None of the treaties could disguise the basic fact of European life—a united Germany was potentially the strongest power on the Continent. France began…

— James L. Stokesbury

Perhaps I am following in the footsteps of François Mitterrand, who really did want to shape Europe. My predecessors, by contrast, thought it was…

— Emmanuel Macron

From the material point of view the proposal is unacceptable, for France, without further territory in Europe being taken from her, could be so…

— Edward Grey

Just watch the interlopers from all over the world come and install themselves in our home. They want to transform France into a giant…

— Marine Le Pen

You can't build Europe against anyone.

— Jacques Santer

Since 2005, when the French and the Dutch voted "no" on a constitution for Europe, nobody has developed a real project for the EU.…

— Emmanuel Macron

“Lebedev: France has a clear and defined policy... The French know what they want. They just want to wipe out the Krauts, finish, but…

— Anton Chekhov

World War I, that tiresome European engagement that threatened to close down French couture.

— Caroline Seebohm

Altogether apart from that, it would be a disgrace to us to make this bargain with Germany at the expense of France, a disgrace…

— Edward Grey

France is hypocritical and cowardly. I sometimes think that, having been invaded by the Germans, we'd be run better today.

— Emmanuel Petit

Let the French but have England, and they won't want to conquer it.

— Horace Walpole