Frans Timmermans Quotes

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

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

I am a committed European; a united Europe is Romania's future.

What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.

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

We Europeans will always have two fatherlands. One is Europe, and the other is our own country. It is unified in its diversity—this Europe.

We have to reconcile Europeans with Europe.

I will defend Europe; it is our civilisation which is at stake... I will work to rebuild ties between Europe and its citizens.

I'd say that I'm a pro-European.

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

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.

We should not make the mistake of equating the E.U. with Europe. Outside the E.U., we wouldn't cease to be Europeans. But, an exit would definitely risk losing those opportunities for our children while growing no similar opportunities elsewhere.

I am a very committed European.

There is not, in my view, a single European demos.

In the light of these treaties we are Europeans only.

To avoid the trap of Europe fragmenting on the economy, security, and identity, we have to return to the original promises of the European project: peace, prosperity and freedom. We should have a real, adult, democratic debate about the Europe we want.

Don't leave criticism of the E.U. to those who hate it.

I am not anti-European.

If someone complains about Europe from Monday to Saturday, then nobody is going to believe him on Sunday when he says he is a convinced European.

We are a European nation - must stay one.

Europe has never existed. One must genuinely create Europe.

It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.

You can't build Europe against anyone.

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.

You go to Paris, or you go to Portugal, you go to Poland, and you ask, 'Who are you people?' They'll tell you, we're Portuguese, we're Spanish, we're Polish. Who are the people that are really European? The people in Brussels, in the E.U. bureaucracy. Europe has not been able to move to the level of patriotic identification with the concept.