Frans Timmermans Quotes

We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington.

Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session.

In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.

Alliances do have to deal with political realities.

The United States, of course, is determined to diversify Europe to such an extent that it becomes a meaningless entity.

… make Englishmen cognizant of the processes through which the progressive destinies of Europe are being worked out, so that whenever European Affairs may call for interference, they may be in no doubt as to the course to be pursued.

Is the balance of power a fixed and unalterable standard? Or is it not a standard perpetually varying, as civilization advances, and as new nations spring up, and take their place among established political communities?

Europe’s slow political decline has been disguised for decades by American power.

A new multipolar world has brought more uncertainty into international affairs.

When it comes to its role in the world, Russia is in the throes of an identity crisis. It has neither fully integrated into the liberal order nor built its own viabile alternative,

Brexit is the best thing to happen for Russia, for America, for Germany, and for democracy.

I don't see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that's almost inconceivable.

The statesmen still say that we should not interfere in the internal affairs of other nations and yet it is not possible any longer not to interfere, even when we do not mean to do so.

I live in Europe and care about democracy and sovereignty of nation states there.

In the modern world, those who are weak will get unambiguous advice from foreign visitors which way to go and what policy course to pursue.

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

Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.

The U.S. must differentiate between controversial assertions of power, like those in the South China Sea, and fair reflections of China's growing contribution to the world, such as the new banks.

We are living in a different world now. You can see it everywhere in international relations: It was noteworthy that, after his visit to Washington, the Chinese president's next stop was Saudi Arabia.

The problem with the United Nations is that while democracy within nations is the best available form of government, democracy among nations can be a moral disaster - especially if some nations are not democracies.

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

No nation has friends only interests.

Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States.

And the big question for the West, of course, and to the Europeans is, what other countries, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc, should be incorporated into western institutions?

American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.