Martin Schulz Quotes

If we have Brexit, we don't know what we will get.

The referendum was clear: the British people voted to leave the single market and to take back control of our borders.

Having spent six years as Europe Minister, I am in no doubt about the technical challenge Brexit presents lawmakers.

I believe that Brexit, whether it's a bad deal or no deal, is a big deal - too big for anyone to ignore - but it's not a done deal.

Labour has repeatedly emphasised that in order to avoid a cliff edge for our economy there will need to be a time-limited transitional period between our exit from the E.U. and the new lasting relationship we build with our European partners.

I think Brexit will go down that it will end up being a fantastic thing for the United Kingdom. I think in the end, it will be a tremendous asset, not a tremendous liability.

[on Brexit] It's time for change. I just hope the right people give the right leadership.

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.

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

If I am prime minister, we will come out of the European Union, and part of that will be control of free movement.

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.

Under Conservative, Labour, and coalition governments, the U.K. was never willing to accept all the moves to union or all the requirements of the E.U.

I believed and hoped that we would be able to secure a deal with Europe which would enable us to amend free movement.

Calling into question the Touquet deal on the pretext that Britain has voted for Brexit and will have to start negotiations to leave the union doesn't make sense.

I strongly suspect that there would be a positive economic advantage to the U.K. in leaving the single market.

I believe the United Kingdom will be worse off outside the E.U. It will not have the influence it has in the world today.

When Brexiters told the public that people were exaggerating, that there would be a financial meltdown, I think it's been proven that they were not exaggerating.

I fear a very hard Brexit, but I hope we will find a better solution.

If Britain votes to leave the European Union, then that could have huge implications for the entire island of Ireland and, given all the predictions, would run counter to the democratic wishes of the Irish people.

We must stand up for the principle of parliamentary democracy and not allow the government's failure in the Brexit process to be a licence for the U.K. to crash out of the E.U. without an agreement.

We cannot afford to let Brexit slip away - the political price, the reputational damage to the country is too great.

Neither we nor our European friends need prolonged uncertainty, and not everything needs to be negotiated before Article 50 is triggered and the exit process is concluded.

No one voted for a Brexit that will tie us to the E.U.'s customs rules and prevent us striking meaningful trade deals of our own.

Whatever may have been suggested by some Leavers during the referendum it must be clear now that the Brexit process is immensely complicated.

The E.U. must see us prepare for life outside of the E.U. without a deal for them to take us seriously.