Nick Clegg Quotes

Brexit is the other face of the refugee crisis - tensions that lead to stasis, external risks that lead to asymmetric shocks.

Brexit is a disaster, Italy won't be real about its debt, and the European Union is in trouble.

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

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.

Let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We're going to try and change the rules and change the way it works and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain.

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.

Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence.

Europe and the euro zone have no reason, rationally, to push Greece out of the euro. But this is a system in which many parties, many countries, many governments, many electorates participate and we could have events which, rationally, are not controllable.

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

I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.

Historically, the pull towards the center in European politics has been incredibly powerful. From Italy to Germany, it has been almost impossible for non-centrist forces to obtain real influence.

In Europe … nationalism is nothing more than a mania.

European right-wing parties are in fact surprisingly fragmented, disagreeing over almost everything except ultranationalist sentiments and xenophobic opposition to non-European immigrants.

We believe that from both a German and a Polish perspective, it is desirable for Great Britain to remain in the European Union.

Are there some people that are white nationalists that are attracted to some of the philosophies of the alt-right? Maybe.

Scottish nationalism has grown since we entered the European Union.

Trump's pronounced anti-immigrant stance is reminiscent of both Le Pen in France and Orban in Hungary, although he is far from alone in taking such positions in much of today's Republican Party.

Britain's withdrawal from the E.U., like Donald Trump's proposal to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, is based on a false belief in self-reliance.

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.?

Among leaders in Europe there are those who have prejudices against Turkey, like France and Germany.

While anti-immigrant and anti-E.U. parties across Europe may not take power anywhere in 2017, theirs is now a permanent and growing presence, leeching away support from centrist parties left and right.

Brexit has really broken a taboo. The Brits have shown us that you can leave the European Union, and you can come out better.

It's the invincible arrogance of Europe's elites that gets me. These are people who have seen the euro collapse. These are people who are presiding over a migration crisis on their borders, and yet do they ever acknowledge that they need to change? No. They say they need more integration, more of our money, more control over this country.

The Brexit vote, the presidential elections in the U.S., a number of the other regional political movements - that's not a flash in the pan.

There wasn't a Scottish nationalist MP elected at any general election when we were outside the E.U.