Jean-Claude Juncker Quotes

As far as the Yanukovych administration is concerned, you will see, if you do any fact-checking, that I was the person that negotiated the framework which is based upon which Ukraine is now a part of Europe. That was my role. That's what I did. And when it was completed, I left.

You're thinking of Eurpoe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.

I am a partisan and artisan of Europe. But I draw the lessons of my experience in government.

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

Limitless enlargement of Europe means the death of political Europe.

If Germany wins, she will dominate France; the independence of Belgium, Holland, Denmark, and perhaps of Norway and Sweden, will be a mere shadow; their separate existence as nations will be fiction; all their harbours will be at Germany's disposal; she will dominate the whole of Western Europe, and this will make our position quite impossible. We could not exist as a first class State under such circumstances.

The cabinets of Europe, far from being united, weakened each other with endless recrimination, which led people in Paris to believe that the measure of iniquity might be filled without fear of consequences.

When Paris sneezes, Europe catches a cold.

Every attempt to make science serviceable to the world, every union of science and statecraft implies immediate union with France. To be against France is to be against statecraft, to be against statecraft is to be against freedom. France stands for the political principle—for the pure principle of human freedom in Europe …

The EU is an English-speaking power. The single market was a British idea…. If you refuse please don’t expect us to help you wreck or paralyze the EU.

DeGaulle says “Europe” but he means “France.”

The European Community is not a capitalist plot aimed at damaging the interest of social democrats; on the contrary, it could become a mechanism which would enable social democracy to expand into unconquered [by the Russians] territories such as Italy.

France wants Britain to remain in the E.U.; indeed, how can we imagine that friendly nation that is our ally and played a role on the international stage could be outside the E.U.?

I believe Prime Minister Blair is a friend, and a friend of Israel.

Merkel is an amazing woman, very experienced in international politics.

I was fully aware of the challenges facing London before I was elected as mayor, but I didn't anticipate the issue that is likely to define my time as mayor - Brexit.

The Franco-German tandem at the core of post-war European integration has become lopsided. Relations between Berlin and Paris are unusually poor, with some French politicians decrying the 'selfish intransigence' in the euro crisis of Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel.

Let me just say that I'm the only candidate in this race now that has any firsthand experience fighting terrorism. And both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, I think, have proven in different ways that they're unprepared for that challenge.

The E.U. Referendum clearly divided us, and little has been done by those that lead us to bring us back together.

As leader of the Fine Gael Party, I will also use our position in the European People's Party to clearly state our views with our European political partners.

When I served as US Ambassador to NATO in the 1970s, the center of gravity in Europe was France and Germany.

I believe in Governor Romney. I believe in him as a leader.

A lot of people want me to run for things, for a lot of high offices. The polls always show that I win any election that I'm in. But I don't have any real interest in running for office. I'm more interested in supporting people.

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.

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