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

Referendums have always posed a threat when it comes to EU policy, because EU policy is complicated. They're an opportunity for those from all political camps who like to oversimplify things.

The EU is an unique project that replaced war with peace, hate with solidarity. Overwhelming emotion for awarding of Nobel prize to EU

For many people, politics in Brussels and Strasbourg might as well be happening on another planet.

But if you constantly insist only on your own interpretation, it isn't long before it seems patronizing.

I'm not a populist. But I try to present complicated issues in such a way that people know where I stand.

I am a man of parliament, a man of the people. I am not a representative of the executives.

A joint European army is a very far-reaching proposal and it would be difficult to implement. Such initiatives are nevertheless needed.

The problem with us EU politicians is that we approach everything with cool rationality, and then wonder why we don't win people over emotionally.

I believe that the majority of people in Europe want to demonstrate solidarity with the refugees.

I believe the people should have the opportunity to have a greater influence on politics with their ideas. We need a new impulse for renewal.

Everyone loves the idea of "disruption" in business, but no one likes it when it happens to them.

Yes, it is, ” I whispered, “and one day the spell will not cause you to forget it.

A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.

When you have trust and you get that trust in place throughout the company, people are empowered — people are free.

Rich folks may ride on camels, but it ain't so easy for 'em to see out of a needle's eye.

The theme of Death is to Poetry what Mistaken Identity is to Drama.

No, I can't do rap music...

Remember. Or, failing that, invent.

Is your perception of 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' so shallow that it's violated by dancing raisins?

Live long enough and all weaknesses will be illuminated, but again perhaps that is not all bad for cannot they then begin to become strengths?