Jean-Claude Juncker Quotes

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

David Cameron wants people to believe that his isolation in Europe is a result of Britain being outnumbered when it matters most.

I have said I will not work with the parliamentary party in Strasbourg again but of course I will continue to be a member of Ukip.

I want to destroy the EU, not Europe! I believe in a Europe of nation-states.

I take notice of those who have argued consistently for the modernisation of the E.U., but so many of the skeptics in Britain are just hostile to the whole European idea.

Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after years of fighting to defend Europe against attacks from the Eurosceptic right, it would be fatal to retreat into the same arguments and begin the battle anew.

I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers.

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

We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice.

UKIP's biggest fight is with the Conservative Party.

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

The E.U. referendum was promised by a Conservative Prime Minister fearful of losing votes and of mass defections to UKIP.

There's a number of journalists and politicians who are interested in the rise of the National Front and the huge nationalist gathering, the movements that refuse the E.U. and want to go back to a Europe of nations, free and sovereign countries. I'm here to re-educate.

The argument that won the Brexit campaign is the one that said take back control... which is another way of saying we want to control our destinies again. This is an existential issue for the whole of Europe, not just for the U.K., because this sentiment is not limited to the United Kingdom.

I don't work with UKIP. They don't advise me.

With Boris Johnson leading the Conservative Party and as Prime Minister, the United Kingdom, at long last, will have a Prime Minister who believes in Britain and is in tune with the views of the millions of people who voted - over three years ago now - to leave the E.U.

The European Union's finished. It doesn't work. You know, we just had the honor in Britain of being the first country that rejected membership. You know, you could be next. It could be Denmark next. It could be Dexit.

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

During the 20th century, the greatest danger to European stability was Germany's sense of its special destiny. During the 21st century, the greatest danger to European stability is Germany's reluctance to accept its special destiny.

There are also parties in Germany that support leaving the E.U. Everyone can see in the example of Britain what consequences that would have.

The eurosceptics, many of whom are my friends and are highly intelligent people with strong views, they are entirely respectable in every way, I just don't agree with them.

Like so many other people in the U.K., I took the chance offered to us in a single question: Should we leave the European Union or remain within it? Following a great deal of thought and thorough analysis, the answer I arrived at was, 'Yes, we should leave the E.U.'

I have spent more time thinking about European issues than even I can imagine - so many years thinking about Britain and the way our influence around the world was amplified through the European Union.

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

The British people have the right to decide - have the right to decide whether or not they want to be part of the E.U. And I shouldn't interfere in this.