European Union Quotes

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

  Joschka Fischer

  Army, Challenges, Age

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• We must now face the difficult task of moving towards a single economy, a single political entity .. For the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire we have the opportunity to unite Europe.

  Romano Prodi

  Moving, Fall, Opportunity

  "Greek debt crisis prompts fears of EU disintegration" by Toby Helm, www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2011.

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• Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean. And while we must never take this for granted, the first purpose of the European Union - to secure peace - has been achieved and we should pay tribute to all those in the EU, alongside Nato, who made that happen.

  David Cameron

  Unions, Pay, Today

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• If you go through all the structures and features of this emerging European monster you will notice that it more and more resembles the Soviet Union.

  Vladimir Bukovsky

  Monsters, Unions, Structure

  "Secretly Trading Away Our Independence" by William F. Jasper, www.thenewamerican.com. May 9, 2013.

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

  John Major

  Thinking, Unions, Dropping

  "The Andrew Marr Show", news.bbc.co.uk. October 09, 2011.

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• The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe.

  Maggie Gallagher

  Opportunity, Order, Europe

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• 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.

  David Cameron

  Believe, Unions, Britain

  David Cameron's Speech about his plans for a referendum on British membership of the European Union, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2013.

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

  George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

  Europe, Unions, Capability

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• The European Union has decades of experience in overcoming crises and has always emerged stronger after.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Stronger, Overcoming, Unions

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• If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea.

  Winston Churchill

  Europe, Sea, Britain

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

  Jose Manuel Barroso

  Unions, Conformity, States

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• 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.

  David Cameron

  Steps, Doe, Would Be

  David Cameron's Speech about his plans for a referendum on British membership of the European Union, www.theguardian.com. January 23, 2013.

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• 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.

  Jose Manuel Barroso

  Together, Imf, Unions

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• I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants, and should want, to play a committed and active part.

  David Cameron

  Europe, Play, Vision

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• 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.

  Goran Persson

  Party, Europe, Wish

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• We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way.

  Ibrahim Rugova

  Agency, Europe, Unions

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• 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.

  David Cameron

  People, Unions, Way

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• First of all, Greece won't go down. We're talking about a country that is capable of making change. Europe will not allow the destabilization of the 27-country euro zone. But if there were no action, then markets would start becoming jittery about other countries - and not only Spain and Portugal, but other countries in the European Union.

  George Papandreou

  Country, Talking, Europe

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• 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.

  Olusegun Obasanjo

  Mean, Europe, Unions

  "US to match EU sanctions on Zimbabwe" by Andrew Meldrum, David Pallister, Julian Borger, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2002.

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• If you don't want to call it a European army, don't call it a European army. You can call it 'Margaret', you can call it 'Mary-Anne', you can find any name, but it is a joint effort for peace-keeping missions - the first time you have a joint, not bilateral, effort at European level.

  Romano Prodi

  Army, Europe, Names

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• There have been major disagreements within the European Union.

  Jean-Pierre Raffarin

  Europe, Unions, Has Beens

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• I am not a British isolationist. I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too.

  David Cameron

  Europe, Want, British

  "David Cameron speech: UK and the EU". www.bbc.com. January 23, 2013.

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• The good thing about the European Union is that the joint project ultimately benefits all Member States and not just a few.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Benefits, Unions, Joints

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• When I saw how the European Union was developing, it was very obvious what they had in mind was not democratic. In Britain, you vote for a government so the government has to listen to you, and if you don't like it you can change it.

  Tony Benn

  Change, Government, Europe

  "Tony Benn: His views on socialism, Europe, war and writing", www.bbc.co.uk. March 14, 2014.

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• 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.

  Helmut Kohl

  Father, War, Years

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