Top 1200 European Union Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

But I do think that Brexit, an exit of Britain from the European Union, would trigger real pressure on the United Kingdom.

We believe that from both a German and a Polish perspective, it is desirable for Great Britain to remain in the European Union.

I think it is one of the fundamentals, not only of the European Union but also of free trade, that competition is fair.

Turkey must feel at ease. It mustn't say, 'For me, it's the European Union at all costs.' That's my view.

This immigration business has been going on in the UK much in advance of the European Union making an issue of it.

The government has been repairing Poland's image and its relations with the European Union and the world.

The country voted to leave the European Union, and it is the duty of the Government and of Parliament to make sure we do just that.

Almost by definition, secularism cannot be a future: it's a present-tense culture that over time disconnects a society from cross-generational purpose. Which is why there are no examples of sustained atheist civilizations. "Atheistic humanism" became inhumanism in the hands of the Fascists and Communists and, in its less malign form in today's European Union, a kind of dehumamism in which a present-tense culture amuses itself to extinction. Post-Christian European culture is already post-cultural and, with its surging Muslim populations, will soon be post-European.

Trump's election has opened many people's eyes in Europe to how valuable the European Union and international cooperation are.

Both France and Britain are supportive of India's bid for a broad-based agreement on trade and investment with the European Union.

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 find it unspeakably sad that the United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union.

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

We work well together with the United Kingdom - particularly, perhaps, when we talk about new rules for the European Union.

The next leader of this country needs to be someone who believes heart and soul that Britain should be outside the European Union.

A lot of international companies invest in the U.K. as a base for doing business with the rest of the European Union.

Angela Merkel wants to impose her policies on others. This will lead to an explosion of the European Union.

The U.S. trade embargo on Cuba is almost completely ineffective, as many other countries, including the European Union, do not honor it.

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.

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

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

Regarding the visa-free regime, it has undoubtedly become a problem for the European Union, above all in terms of its capacity to reach agreements.

If the European Union wants to be an address where civilizations meet, it must take Turkey in.

I campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union but the country chose a different path.

The European Union will never see America, or an American president, as a risk.

I believe that there are better opportunities to keep people safe if we are outside the European Union.

We are a pivotal part of the European Union. Any destabilization of Greece would totally rock the boat.

I personally hope and wish that Britain will stay part and parcel of the European Union.

I'd like to see the argument made for greater worldwide federalism, not just the European Union.

The European Union should come up with a solid plan to help especially Poland and Slovakia make this transition away from coal.

Brexit is the people of Britain who are fed up with the European Union dominating their lives, and they want accountability.

I felt we needed someone to lead this country who believed heart and soul in leaving the European Union.

Europe is sort of like the Soviet Union in the '30s and '40s. There was an argument, is it reformable or not? There is a feeling, and I think it's correct, that the European Union, the eurozone, and the euro, is not reformable, as a result of the Lisbon treaties and the other treaties that have created the euro. Europe has to be taken apart in order to be put together not on a right-wing, neoliberal basis, but on a more social basis.

We need to put Italian interests before those of the European Union, or at least at the same level.

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

The European Union arose on an economic foundation, and it turns out that even this is not a solid base. Cultural identity has been neglected.

It's unbearable to see the people betrayed time and again by politicians who don't keep their promises and by the technocrats at the European Union.

It is in our nations' interests to see a strong European Union with a growing economy, competitive on the world market.

The ability to control our borders stands at the heart of the debate on whether or not Britain should leave the European Union.

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

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.

I will be Madame Frexit if the European Union doesn't give us back our monetary, legislative, territorial, and budget sovereignty.

Europe is a much more complex historical, cultural, and geographical concept than is envisaged in the reduced approach by the European Union.

Don't belittle the hurt that has been caused by the job-destroying machine that is the European Union.

We would like Serbia to become a member of the European Union as quickly as possible.

Brexit is a disaster, Italy won't be real about its debt, and the European Union is in trouble.

The decision of a majority of people in the United Kingdom to vote to leave the European Union is profoundly disappointing.

[Pope Francis] continued to focus on migrants. He visited the Greek island of Lesbos, which was the front line of the European migrant crisis. And a month later, he accepted a prestigious European Union prize, but he scolded Europe for its treatment of migrants. And in a speech echoing Martin Luther King, he said I have a dream of a Europe where being a migrant is not a crime. So, yeah, he showed he can be quite outspoken on political issues.

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

There is no precedent of an advanced economy withdrawing from a trade agreement as deep and as complex as the European Union.

It is not in Poland's interest that the U.K. leaves the European Union. We think it would lead to a big crisis and even a collapse if the U.K. left.

There`s a lot in common between the Trump phenomenon and the campaign for Britain to exit the European Union, known as Brexit.

Anyone who's working in manufacturing here should know they will have increased opportunities if we leave the European Union.

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

Being in the European Union has its advantages, and I think that is what the British are beginning to understand, what those who are tempted by the Brexit are going to reflect upon.

The euro must be defended, or uncertainty about the European Union will be widespread.

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

Brexit has really broken a taboo. The Brits have shown us that you can leave the European Union, and you can come out better.

My father had a fishing business in Aberdeen destroyed by the European Union and the Common Fisheries Policy.

It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.