Jean-Claude Juncker Quotes

The decisive factor for the future of Europe - and before all things, for the 'restoration' of Europe - will be whether political thought and national feelings are influenced by the reality of internationalism.

I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world.

There is no future for the people of Europe other than in union.

A united Europe is our Continent's only chance to avoid falling off the world's radar. The heads of government of Germany, France and the United Kingdom also know that their voice is only heard internationally because they speak through the megaphone of the European Union.

We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.

We need less theoretical debate and more practical application and acknowledgment of what Europe can and does do so that it is brought home to people in a relevant way.

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

To be influential in tomorrow's world, to defend our values and our development model, France needs Europe and Europe needs France.

Acknowledge that a more closely integrated Europe is no longer an unqualified American interest.

The glue that binds the EU together is not a shared identity but shared projects.

The creation of a United States of Europe is a necessity if one considers the economic and technical situation.

We must build a kind of United States of Europe.

The strength of Europe at the end of the day has always been that we stuck together and that demands a great amount - probably even more so than in the past - of discussions, of balancing, of bringing along individual countries.

The most important thing is that Europe has to remain united.

I'm a big believer in Europe.

Europe is and will be a Union of States.

Complementing the nation-state as it reaches its limits amid globalization: That is what Europe must offer.

Peace and solidarity in Europe is not a law of nature. It requires caring, effort and perseverance

I want the European Union to be a success. And I want a relationship between Britain and the EU that keeps us in it.

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

A day will come when all nations on our continent will form a European brotherhood... A day will come when we shall see... the United States of America and the United States of Europe face to face, reaching out for each other across the seas.

I really think in the Commonwealth of Europe you should have Russia. I listed a hundred countries that would be in it and it would then be a really European United Nations.

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

We believe that government in Britain should be working to restore our reputation on the international stage after Iraq and engage better within Europe.

You can't build Europe against anyone.