Barriers Quote by Vaclav Klaus

The European Union's enlargement is part of the natural process of integration and globalisation that is underway in the world today.

— Vladimir Putin

What we should grasp, however, from the lessons of European history is that, first, there is nothing necessarily benevolent about programmes of European integration;…

— Margaret Thatcher

In order to consolidate the euro we need to harmonise our economic, fiscal and social policies, hence we are going toward greater integration.

— Francois Fillon

Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro.

— Anibal Cavaco Silva

My main concern is the political dimension of European integration. This is one of the most important issues of all, as far as I'm…

— Vaclav Klaus

To promote the process of European integration, we must improve an institutional mechanism already existing in the European Union, reinforced co-operation, by making it…

— Lionel Jospin

“European civilization is based on diversity, not on unity. To attempt cultural unification of Europe would mean to strangle its soul and spirit. European…

— Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi

If governments let themselves be fully bound by the decisions of their parliaments without protecting their own freedom to act, a breakup of Europe…

— Mario Monti

Today the main, over-riding purpose of the European Union is different: not to win peace, but to secure prosperity.

— David Cameron

We [European countries] probably need to move forward together, each at their own speed. The faster ones, that could be the countries in the…

— Paolo Gentiloni

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

Europe has been at peace since 1945. But it is a restless peace thats shadowed by the threat of violence. Europe is partitioned. An…

— Lyndon B. Johnson