Justin Trudeau Quotes

E.U.-U.S. ties are deeper than any change in politics.

If the U.K. wants to leave the E.U., we need to stay in the single market.

At the core of the European Union must be, as it is now, the single market. Britain is at the heart of that Single Market, and must remain so.

We have established the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union not by force, but through a compromise. It was a challenging, complicated, multi-year process based on agreement, compromise and mutually acceptable conditions in the hope of creating for our economies and for our people better competitive advantages in the world markets and in the world as a whole.

When the E.U. and the U.S. agree, other countries follow.

There is a perfectly good alternative to the European Union - it is called the European Free Trade Association, founded in 1960. Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein are members. E.F.T.A. stands for friendship and cooperation through free trade.

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.?

If you wish to have free access to the single market, then you have to accept the fundamental rights as well as obligation that come from it.

Building a stable, peaceful, and coherent Europe must include Russia.

We need sound political and economic relations with the United Kingdom, and I am very grateful to the European Union's lead negotiator, grateful to him for everything he has done. We will do our best to support him and also preserve the unity of the 27 in these matters.

We are convinced that locking Russia out of Europe is not rational.

If Britain doesn't stay in the Single Market or Customs Union, we are very much in favor of a free trade agreement between the U.K. and Europe. We don't want Britain to be punished for its decision to leave, and it is not in our interests for Britain to be punished because we may be the ones who lose out as much if not more than them.

You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not.

Today the main, over-riding purpose of the European Union is different: not to win peace, but to secure prosperity.

Our relationship with the European Union, which has done so much to promote stability, stimulate economic growth, and foster the spread of democratic values and ideals across the continent and beyond.

For my generation, the monetary union has always been about forging peace.

We all know there are vast differences between Trump and Trudeau as people, but we need to separate that from the pursuit of the mutual interests of the United States and Canada.

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

I will do everything I can to renew a new Rome-Berlin axis.

I do not doubt that there are many countries that will wish to trade with the U.K. post-Brexit, but understandably they will wait to see what the U.K.'s ultimate relationship with Europe will be.

We need to work together towards a mutually beneficial solution for Ireland, the U.K., and for Europe.

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.

If the U.K. had new watertight proposals for the border, I don't think anyone in the E.U. would say, 'We don't want to talk about it.'

Full access to the single market is what businesses and trade unions want.

We have wide-ranging joint projects in the nuclear energy sphere, logistics, machine building and trade as a whole [with China].