Peter Hain Quotes

We have to give ourselves a constitution which marks the birth of Europe as a political entity.

It [the Euro] is a decisive step towards ever closer political and institutional union in Europe. Above all, it is political.

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

United States of Europe

The emergence of a unified Europe is one of the most revolutionary events of our time.

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

I completely agree with Helmut Kohl. I am not an advocate of the "United States of Europe," nor am I an integration fanatic.

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

Limitless enlargement of Europe means the death of political Europe.

The creation of a United States of Europe is a necessity if one considers the economic and technical situation.

In the light of these treaties we are Europeans only.

We must build a kind of United States of 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 are part of the community of Europe, and we must do our duty as such.

We have to reconcile Europeans with Europe.

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

I think that if a United States of Europe were to be formed, it would be in our interests to fight for it, as all our old traditions would remain in such a united Europe, whereas if we were to start now as part of the Russian Empire, everything that had ever been in Germany would disappear.

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.

Europe is and will be a Union of States.

Europe has never existed. One must genuinely create Europe.

The bureaucratic method of building an integrated Europe has exhausted its potential.

The next Euro-elections will be a step towards a United States of Europe

The euro is a great achievement. It's a symbolic achievement. But, the European constitution was a missed opportunity.

(A unified) 'Europe' is the result of plans. It is, in fact, a classic utopian project, a monument to the vanity of intellectuals, a programme whose inevitable destiny is failure: only the scale of the final damage done is in doubt.

There is no future for the people of Europe other than in union.