European Union Quotes

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Transforming the European Union into a single State with one army, one constitution and one foreign policy is the critical challenge of the age

I believe something very deeply. That Britain's national interest is best served in a flexible, adaptable and open European Union and that such a European Union is best with Britain in it.

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things.

It does not seem to me that the steps which would be needed to make Britain - and others - more comfortable in their relationship in the European Union are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable.

By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.

Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.

It is the hope of the European Union that Ariel Sharon will keep the peace process alive and continue the dialogue according to the wishes of all the parties involved.

The European Union Treaty... within a few years will lead to the creation of what the founding fathers of modern Europe dreamed of after the war, the United States of Europe.

I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free.

If we left the European Union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. So we will have time for a proper, reasoned debate. At the end of that debate you, the British people, will decide.

There have been major disagreements within the European Union.

It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.

We must go back to teach Europeans to love Europe.

The crisis in Ukraine is all the European Union's fault. Its leaders negotiated a trade deal with Ukraine, which essentially blackmailed the country to choose between Europe and Russia.

I'm against the European Union, but I am very much in favor of Europe.

You can't deepen the European Union against the wishes of the European countries.

While we're members of the European Union, we don't have an immigration policy. We can't have an immigration policy. It's a charade for people to pretend we do.

Nationalism is war. - in arguing to strengthen the federal powers of the European Union

Our shared histories and common values make us natural trading partners and we will continue to work with both the United Kingdom and the European Union as we move forward with this new decision.

We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies.

Article 50 governs the exit from the European Union and here there can also be no renegotiation.

Not partial membership of the European Union or anything that leaves us half in, half out. No, the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union.

[European Union] a giant cartel that suits big multinationals.

It is conceivable that at some point a truly united and powerful European Union could become a global political rival to the United States.

We don't want protectionism at the heart of the European Union.

The will of the British people must now be put into effect as quickly as possible. Under Article 50 of the EU Treaty the UK must leave the European Union within two years at the latest.

Before we talk about further accessions, we have to consolidate the European Union internally. People are increasingly losing faith in the EU's effectiveness.

We still nurse a sense of our homogeneity and difference from others, and that's precisely what the European Union, in my view, should be doing its best to undermine.

The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history and geography, we are a European nation.

I am for joining a free trade zone. The European Union is not such zone, but a zone of raging bureaucracy which stears every hectolitre of wine, and every tone of beef.

If it is presumed that the Kenyans will democratise in order to eat the peanuts of development assistance from the European Union... it would be a big mistake.

Basically, Herman van Rompuy wants the European Union to become a debt union, which may be acceptable to some of the southern countries who are effectively bust. To the northern countries, it is not.

Over the years, the European Union and the United States have worked together to ensure peace and prosperity for our citizens and for people around the world.

The European Union spends most of its time either suing me, torturing me, criticizing me or condemning me for lowering the cost of air travel all over Europe.

You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not.

Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in order to meet this evil head on.

At the time of German Reunification, it was no secret that Germany would soon become the strongest political entity in the European Union. And that has happened.

The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will.

A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.

I want the European Union to be a success. And I want a relationship between Britain and the EU that keeps us in it.

I felt it was vital to stress the importance of national security in this debate and the need for a clear path to our exit from the European Union. I hope I have achieved both these objectives.

Now that Britain has voted to leave, I think the country deserves to have a leader who believes in Britain outside the European Union and who also has experience at the highest level of government.

The euro area must not be treated as an "opt out" from the European Union.

The British people voted for change.They sent us a clear instruction that they want Britain to leave the European Union and end the supremacy of EU law.

France would be reluctant to embrace any proposal by the European Commission to slash agricultural tariffs if it threatened the European Union's Common Agriculture Policy .

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

It [European Union] has kept the peace in Europe. Countries used to fight and now they talk. We should be attached to that.

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

At the core of the European Union must be, as it is now, the single market. Britain is at the heart of that Single Market, and must remain so.