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The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace. -- John Bruton
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
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
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
I also believe that we have an extraordinary opportunity for the United States and European Union to lead the world in developing and implementing new and more efficient technologies - smart electrical grids and electrical vehicles. -- Hillary Clinton
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
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
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
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
The entire European Union is a left-wing dream -- Dennis Prager
There have been major disagreements within the European Union. -- Jean-Pierre Raffarin
It's a European Union of economic failure, of mass unemployment and of low growth. -- Nigel Farage
If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things. -- Lord Robertson
I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge. -- John Major
Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states. -- Jose Manuel Barroso
For the European Union, Russia is as important politically and economically as China is to the U.S. -- Ivan Krastev
It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take. -- Jean-Claude Juncker
The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will. -- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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
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
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
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. -- Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which the interests and ambitions of all its members can be met. -- David Cameron
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
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. -- Nick Clegg
Our objective must therefore be to ensure EU better regulation contributes towards delivering a modern European Union which relentlessly focuses on building a dynamic and innovative economy equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century. -- John Hutton
The European Union and Russia have an identical viewpoint. We have condemned any potential revision of the ABM treaty, believing that such a revision will involve a risk of proliferation that will be very dangerous for the future. -- Jacques Chirac
We've been a bit too defensive about the European Union rules. We don't want to become protectionist and nationalist in the way we buy things but we think we could do a lot more to promote British business through procurement. -- Vince Cable
I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because I'm against it in principle but because I didn't think it was economically right for Britain. But that doesn't make me any less pro-European. -- Gordon Brown
Ukraine is a vital link for Europe: our energy transportation networks; our location between the European Union and Eurasia. We're the melting pot of Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity. The democracy we founded with the Orange Revolution has to be an example for other post-Soviet states. -- Yulia Tymoshenko
I have been supporting the European Union, but we are still a work in progress. We have to become more of a United States of Europe. We should talk about electing a president of the E.U., rather than having one selected from the heads of government. -- George Papandreou
After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The sense of excitement about the future. The knowledge that a great continent was coming together. Healing those wounds of our history is the central story of the European Union. -- David Cameron
Climate change is a crucial issue in todays global agenda. Hopefully, we will wake up to this reality, sooner rather than later. Pressure has been mounting on European Union Member States to act decisively to fight global warming. A bold target has been set reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20 by 2020. -- Joseph Muscat
The Czech Republic, severed from its old Slovak half, sits in apparent landlocked contentment, inside the European Union but outside the troubled Euro Zone, set into the new Continental mosaic like one of the small sturdy paving stones, just a few inches square, that form the sidewalks under the visitor's ambling feet. -- Thomas Mallon
Socialism is the gradual and less violent form of communism, and socialist is the project of the European Union, which was born in Maastricht in 1992. The intent was to save socialism in Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the predictable bankruptcy of the welfare state in the West as well. -- Vladimir Bukovsky
We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than we can drain the English Channel. And because of this sensibility, we come to the European Union with a frame of mind that is more practical than emotional. -- David Cameron
If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future, you'll have a whole range of nationalist, xenophobic and extreme movements increasing across the European Union. And, frankly, questions about the British debate on EU membership will just be a small sideshow compared to the rise of political populism. -- Nick Clegg
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
[European Union] a giant cartel that suits big multinationals. -- Nigel Farage
The whole project of European Union is one in deep trouble. -- Timothy Garton Ash
We don't want protectionism at the heart of the European Union. -- Guy Verhofstadt
We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice. -- Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Kosovo's destiny is clearly to join the European Union at some point. -- Emma Bonino
You can't deepen the European Union against the wishes of the European countries. -- Jean-Claude Juncker
I'm against the European Union, but I am very much in favor of Europe. -- Geert Wilders
We are convinced that Turkey would be a useful member of the European Union. -- Martti Ahtisaari
Nationalism is war. - in arguing to strengthen the federal powers of the European Union -- Francois Mitterrand
The two key words for the European Union are creativity and fruitfulness. That's the challenge. -- Pope Francis
If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things. -- Lord Robertson
The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union. -- Jose Manuel Barroso
In order to be able to reduce migration we need to be outside the European Union. -- Michael Gove
Article 50 governs the exit from the European Union and here there can also be no renegotiation. -- Jean-Claude Juncker
The European Union has decades of experience in overcoming crises and has always emerged stronger after. -- Jean-Claude Juncker
We would like Serbia to become a member of the European Union as quickly as possible. -- Ivica Dacic
The government has been repairing Poland's image and its relations with the European Union and the world. -- Donald Tusk
Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union. -- John Hutton
One of the things I know about the European Union is that the European Union can destroy jobs. -- Michael Gove
We are a pivotal part of the European Union. Any destabilization of Greece would totally rock the boat. -- Antonis Samaras
As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders. -- Jonathan Sacks
I felt we needed someone to lead this country who believed heart and soul in leaving the European Union. -- Michael Gove
Today the main, over-riding purpose of the European Union is different: not to win peace, but to secure prosperity. -- David Cameron
Brexit is the people of Britain who are fed up with the European Union dominating their lives, and they want accountability. -- Ted Cruz
My father had a fishing business in Aberdeen destroyed by the European Union and the Common Fisheries Policy, the European Union. -- Michael Gove
The European Union's enlargement is part of the natural process of integration and globalisation that is underway in the world today. -- Vladimir Putin
But I do think that Brexit, an exit of Britain from the European Union, would trigger real pressure on the United Kingdom. -- Lionel Barber
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
This immigration business has been going on in the UK much in advance of the European Union making an issue of it. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
This immigration business has been going on in the UK much in advance of the European Union making an issue of it. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
A lot of international companies invest in the U.K. as a base for doing business with the rest of the European Union. -- Tim Harford
Before we talk about further accessions, we have to consolidate the European Union internally. People are increasingly losing faith in the EU's effectiveness. -- Martin Schulz
It [European Union] has kept the peace in Europe. Countries used to fight and now they talk. We should be attached to that. -- David Cameron
There`s a lot in common between the Trump phenomenon and the campaign for Britain to exit the European Union, known as Brexit. -- Chris Hayes
But effective regulation at the European Union level can make a massive contribution to achieving our shared goals of improving competitiveness, jobs and growth. -- John Hutton
I want the European Union to be a success. And I want a relationship between Britain and the EU that keeps us in it. -- David Cameron
It is conceivable that at some point a truly united and powerful European Union could become a global political rival to the United States. -- Zbigniew Brzezinski
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. -- Sergei Lavrov
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 . -- Christine Lagarde
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. -- Jose Manuel Barroso
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. -- Theresa May
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. -- Gunter Grass
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. -- Donald Tusk
If we leave the European Union, yes there will be bumps in the road, inevitably, but we will be in a better position to deal with them. -- Michael Gove
The promise to leave the European Union, end the supremacy of EU law and take back control of our democracy. With my leadership, it will be delivered. -- Michael Gove
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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. -- Michael Gove
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 -- Meles Zenawi
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. -- Nigel Farage
European citizens expect that there will be also a fair system inside the European Union and in the euro, and that's why we have to have quite hard discipline. -- Tarja Halonen
The vast majority of Muslim residents of the United Kingdom voted to stay in the EU. And the balance of the British population voted to leave the European Union. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
The vast majority of Muslim residents of the United Kingdom voted to stay in the EU. And the balance of the British population voted to leave the European Union. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
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. -- David Cameron
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. -- Peter Sutherland
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. -- Jan Peter Balkenende
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, -- Marine Le Pen
The strategic partnership between the European Union and the United States is rooted in our shared values of freedom, human rights, democracy and a belief in the market economy. -- Donald Tusk
The ability of the countries within the region to cooperate and establish good-neighborly relations ... will be an important criterion for evaluating their prospects of full integration with the European Union, -- Martti Ahtisaari
Europe is no longer a Christian continent; few Europeans attend religious services on Sunday, and the European Union recently refused to refer to Europe's religious heritage in its fledgling constitution. -- Meir Soloveichik
The single currency should allow the European Union, and therefore France, to balance its monetary strength with the United States. It should help us adjust to the development of China. -- Laurent Fabius
In particular, I wanted to help build a team behind Boris Johnson so that a politician who argued for leaving the European Union could lead us to a better future. -- Michael Gove
Speaking from my experience as a person involved for a long time in building the European Union, it is important to have patience and efforts to build a community of nations. -- Giorgio Napolitano
The savings rate in Italy is high, but the markets do not trust Italy even though it's the third largest economy in the European Union and the eighth in the world. -- Anibal Cavaco Silva
I remain committed to a balanced policy, which will protect our national interests both on our eastern border - I mean with Russia - and of course with the European Union. -- Viktor Yanukovych
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
Our relationship with the European Union, which has done so much to promote stability, stimulate economic growth, and foster the spread of democratic values and ideals across the continent and beyond. -- Barack Obama
The "European Union" happens to be composed of people who hate our guts. It is the continent where Moveon.org-style lunatics are the friendly, pro-American types and the rest are crazy Muslims. -- Ann Coulter
While the United States (US) can view the war as a success, Europe must see it as a failure for it and, in particular, for the institutions of the European Union (EU). -- Paul Virilio
Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Everything is being prepared so that we will soon enter the European Union. -- Eduard Shevardnadze
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. -- Janusz Korwin-Mikke
The European Union that emerges from the Eurozone crisis is going to be a very different body. It will be transformed perhaps beyond recognition by the measures needed to save the Eurozone. -- David Cameron
No matter who becomes chancellor, Poland and Germany will remain neighbours, strategic partners, not only within the European Union, but also world partners, and I don't believe anything could change in our relations. -- Marek Belka
I will work for Bulgaria's strategic choice - Bulgaria's membership in the European Union and NATO. I think it is also extremely important to revive Bulgaria's relations with Russia, Ukraine and other strategic partners. -- Georgi Parvanov
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. -- Justin Trudeau
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. -- Nigel Farage
Today, the European Union is busy transferring aid. If they can build infrastructure in Spain, roads, highways ... why do they refuse to use the same aid to build the same infrastructure in our countries? -- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
I wouldn't rule out the possibility of Muslim or at least Arab countries developing some form of organization comparable to the European Union. I don't think that's very likely, but it conceivably could happen. -- Samuel P. Huntington
The European Union should not be prescribing an identity. We know what that's like, when a government tells its people how it should look; what it should be doing. That's the first step towards totalitarianism. -- Bernard-Henri Levy
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. -- Michael Gove
I think that the message I have of optimism and hope about Britain's bright future outside the European Union is shared by many Conservative members and voters - indeed by a majority of the country. -- Michael Gove
I think that we must come together progressively, with the British, the Germans, the Spanish, the Italians and with the new members of the European Union, we must make an effort to forge closer links. -- Jean-Pierre Raffarin
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. -- Jean-Claude Juncker

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