Jose Angel Gurria Quotes

Being in the European Union has its advantages, and I think that is what the British are beginning to understand, what those who are tempted by the Brexit are going to reflect upon.

It is a mystery why any Americans would support the concept of the EU.

The U.K. has always had a special relationship with the E.U.

I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat.

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

I believe that there are better opportunities to keep people safe if we are outside the European Union.

I have specifically argued that we need to change our relationship with the European Union by fundamentally reforming not just our relationship but the European Union itself.

Many businesses in Yorkshire want the security and stability of Britain's continued membership of the European Union, a cause I look forward to championing passionately in this place and elsewhere.

We should do everything we can to demonstrate to the U.K. the attractiveness of the E.U.

It is not in Poland's interest that the U.K. leaves the European Union. We think it would lead to a big crisis and even a collapse if the U.K. left.

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.

A desire to see significant reform and change is perfectly compatible with our belief that membership of the E.U. is in our national interest.

We will always be committed to promoting as close a relationship with the E.U. as possible.

The U.K. matters with or without being a member of the E.U.

The United Kingdom is already a remarkable success story. So as we navigate global challenges, including the U.K.'s exit from the European Union, we must continue to champion and strengthen the bonds we share.

The choice is not normally between the north and south. It might be between Britain and Europe.

To be influential in tomorrow's world, to defend our values and our development model, France needs Europe and Europe needs France.

My message is a simple one - the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland's interests are best served by being a member.

In Western Europe there are now only small countries—those that know it and those that don't know it yet.

After the end of the Cold War, we have the obligation to help these Eastern European countries to enjoy the same kinds of benefits that we enjoyed 50 years ago.

Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation, hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.

I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world.

My view is that those challenges will be easier to meet, those risks will be less if we vote to leave because we will have control of the economic levers; we will have control over money we send to the European Union. We will have control over our own laws, and as a result, we will be able to deal with whatever the world throws at us.

It would be a very serious mistake for the U.K. to vote to leave the European Union, and I think it would be democratically indefensible for Scotland, if we had voted to stay in, to face the prospect of being taken out.

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.?