Daniel Hannan Quotes

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

We must build a kind of United States of Europe.

United States of Europe

When my father began his work in the 1970s it was a very different EU. I pay tribute to what he did. But it has now become a very different proposition: the United States of Europe.

Our task is nothing less than the creation of a new constitutional order for a new united Europe.

In the report made on behalf of the C.G.T. we affirmed that the Peace Treaty should, in accordance with the spirit of workers' organizations, lay the first foundations of the United States of Europe.

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

Yes, Jean Monnet was the father of the concept of a United States of Europe and his efforts more than those of any other single man helped change the thinking of European leaders.

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

Without Britain, Europe would remain only a torso.

I have been supporting the European Union, but we are still a work in progress. We have to become more of a United States of Europe. We should talk about electing a president of the E.U., rather than having one selected from the heads of government.

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.

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

I think us leaving would have an enormous and bad effect on the rest of the EU. The EU would respond by deepening integration and becoming more of a 'political project'. It would not only be damaging ourselves but also the kind of Europe we want.

The most important thing is that Europe has to remain united.

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

I think that the Brexit negotiations have to be a big thing that determines the democratic fight-back and galvanizes democratic Europe again against this rising tide of nationalism.

The European Union Treaty... within a few years will lead to the creation of what the founding fathers of modern Europe dreamed of after the war, the United States of Europe.

A democratic Europe of nation states could be a force for liberty, enterprise and open trade. But, if creating a United States of Europe overrides these goals, the new Europe will be one of subsidy and protection

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

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

A united Europe is our Continent's only chance to avoid falling off the world's radar. The heads of government of Germany, France and the United Kingdom also know that their voice is only heard internationally because they speak through the megaphone of the European Union.

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

Two World Wars are sufficient and we are the ones who supported this notion of a united Europe, so there would never be another set of civil wars in Europe again, ever. That was a fabulous success. It was so fabulous that people now take it for granted.