Europe was founded as a community bound together by solidarity.

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.

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

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.

It is always consoling to think of suicide

We are at a point now where people respect us and respect our work - the guys want to sit down and watch women's matches.

Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.

There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition

The kids just aren't the same today.

Praying for the end of time, so I can end my time with you.

I stifled a sigh and ignored the Imprinted Drunk Vision Girl.

Everywhere you will find that the wealth of the wealthy springs from the poverty of the poor.

We wouldn't be artists, writers, painters, musicians, if we weren't sensitive.

In China's thousands of years of civilization, the conflict between humankind and nature has never been as serious as it is today.