Barack Obama Quotes

We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe.

There is no access to the market without budgetary contributions... and without respect for the four freedoms of the E.U.

By remaining inside a customs union and the single market in a transitional phase we would be certain that goods and services could continue to flow between the E.U. and the U.K. without tariffs, customs checks or additional red tape.

If we have Brexit, we don't know what we will get.

You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not.

Some people think that it [Brexit] is the end of the world. It's not. On the contrary, it's a massive opportunity for this country.

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.

We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization.

Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world.

Globalization

Globilization is here to stay.

I fought passionately to remain in the E.U., and I warned of the economic risks if we left the E.U.

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.

Whether we vote to leave or remain, there are risks to our future; there are challenges in the global economy.

Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control.

I believe that we will benefit more by globalisation.

I strongly suspect that there would be a positive economic advantage to the U.K. in leaving the single market.

I fear a very hard Brexit, but I hope we will find a better solution.

E.U. is the first global domestic market.

Brexit will happen.

The most difficult part of Brexit will be to figure out the trade regime between the U.K. and the rest of the E.U. because the level of trade integration between the members of the E.U. is the deepest in the world and integrates regulations that govern how products and services are produced and sold within the E.U.

We would only need a bespoke solution for Northern Ireland if Britain leaves the Single Market.

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

In 2016 the public voted by a majority to leave the E.U. As I can see from my mailbag, some are angry at being deprived of their hopes and expectations. They demand action to implement their vote, just as others require we should think again and abandon the project entirely.

Whatever may have been suggested by some Leavers during the referendum it must be clear now that the Brexit process is immensely complicated.