William Hague Quotes

Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the same rights as another country.

The EU represents a highly developed system for mutual interference in each other’s domestic affairs right down to beer and sausages.

We link our future to the euro, to the euro zone, and to the European Union while being the nearest neighbor of the United Kingdom with, obviously, a common travel area and a very close working relationship with the U.K.

My struggle led to the reunification of Germany and the creation of the state of Europe. We destroyed the borders; globalisation is on the horizon.

Why am I such a Euro-enthusiast? Because I knew it was an anchor of democracy.

Ireland has a role to play in making the E.U. united and strong.

Throughout the years following World War II and until the formation of the European Economic Community in 1958, I was very active as a national or international rapporteur at many of the international conferences aiming to establish an European community.

The E.U. is the world's fastest growing democratic body.

I am not a British isolationist. I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too.

Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro.

We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization.

If there was to be a new Europe, there not only had to be a common market, but also great mobility in labor.

Taken slightly historically, the turning point in the E.U. was actually the Single European Act, the Thatcher/Maastricht-era stuff, which was turning the E.U. into very much a market system.

The glue that binds the EU together is not a shared identity but shared projects.

European Commission President Romano Prodi expressed [the] formula [for Eu-Russian cooperation in Eastern Europe] in 2002. Russia would share with the EU "everything but institutions". In plain terms, this meant that Russia would adopt EU rules and regulations but would not be able to influence their development.

It's not only the British voters who have doubts about European cooperation. There is skepticism in many other E.U. countries.

The heart of the matter is that the very nature of the European Union, and of this country's relationship with it, has fundamentally changed after the coming into being of the European monetary union and the creation of the eurozone, of which - quite rightly - we are not a part.

Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control.

I believe that we will benefit more by globalisation.

There is no access to the market without budgetary contributions... and without respect for the four freedoms of the E.U.

We need Britain not only to stay in the E.U. but to be very active in it.

France has always succeeded because it is part of the world.

The most difficult part of Brexit will be to figure out the trade regime between the U.K. and the rest of the E.U. because the level of trade integration between the members of the E.U. is the deepest in the world and integrates regulations that govern how products and services are produced and sold within the E.U.

The role that I played in Ukraine ended up resulting in Ukraine becoming part of the European community.

There's going to be a need for a system of cooperation within the continent of Europe including the U.K. that covers both economic and political cooperation.