Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Quotes

I am going to leave the future of Europe to the Europeans.

It [the Euro] is a decisive step towards ever closer political and institutional union in Europe. Above all, it is political.

For me, Europe consists of three things: sovereignty, unity and democracy.

I'm against the European Union, but I am very much in favor of Europe.

We must build a kind of United States of Europe.

The emergence of a unified Europe is one of the most revolutionary events of our time.

You can't deepen the European Union against the wishes of the European countries.

It is always said that Europe is a project of the elite. That's incorrect.

The EU project is to create a country called Europe.

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.

The EU must take on new responsibilities. And these new responsibilities call for intensifying the integration process.

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 said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness.

Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today.

I declare myself an Austrian and a European. A united Europe will be a peaceful Europe.

As Tony Blair has made clear, our fundamental challenge is how to make Europe work better.

Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of a deeper political union.

Limitless enlargement of Europe means the death of political Europe.

In the light of these treaties we are Europeans only.

We are part of the community of Europe, and we must do our duty as such.

We have to reconcile Europeans with Europe.

We cannot turn our backs on Europe. We are part of Europe.

I think us leaving would have an enormous and bad effect on the rest of the EU. The EU would respond by deepening integration and becoming more of a 'political project'. It would not only be damaging ourselves but also the kind of Europe we want.

I'm a big believer in Europe.