Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Quotes

I would wish for more British involvement in Europe, not less.

The European Union ranks among the most extraordinary political achievement of modern times. It has abolished tariffs, established a common currency, and spread peace and prosperity to democracies across Europe.

We want the United Kingdom to remain in the European Union.

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.

It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe.

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

We have the eurozone. Could we accept to be cleared, regulated, and de facto have inflows and outflows from a country that has decided to leave the E.U.? For me, definitely not.

We have a commitment to making sure that the U.K. remains a member of the European Union.

I was turned out because I said to Europe no, no, no. That no, no , no has now turned into yes, yes. Two yes's not three because he got the Social Chapter out and he's reserved his position on the single currency.

I am not, never have been, and never will be a politician. But I want to tell you the United States has always been proud of having the support of the United Kingdom, of keeping Britain in Europe. We need Britain in Europe.

In the 1990s, while the Maastricht debate was raging, I was a minister in the Major government. Every single piece of legislation we proposed had to be scrutinised for compatibility with E.U. law.

It's not only the British voters who have doubts about European cooperation. There is skepticism in many other E.U. countries.

The heart of the matter is that the very nature of the European Union, and of this country's relationship with it, has fundamentally changed after the coming into being of the European monetary union and the creation of the eurozone, of which - quite rightly - we are not a part.

I believe the United Kingdom will be worse off outside the E.U. It will not have the influence it has in the world today.

I see us very much at the heart of Europe. We are founding members of the single market; we are founding members of the euro.

I don't want to leave euro or leave the European Union.

Very few MPs disagree with the need for a withdrawal bill to enable us to disentangle our 50-year relationship with the legal structures of the European Union and to enable us to function effectively outside of it.

Europe is a community of half a billion people, more than Russia and the United States combined.

Having the United Kingdom in the European Union gives us much greater confidence about the strength of the transatlantic union and is part of the cornerstone of institutions built after World War II that has made the world safer and more prosperous.

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.

The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.

I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat.

Perhaps our own opposition to even the level of European integration we have now, let alone any more, is well known.

The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.