Douglas Alexander Quotes

Perhaps our own opposition to even the level of European integration we have now, let alone any more, is well known.

I take notice of those who have argued consistently for the modernisation of the E.U., but so many of the skeptics in Britain are just hostile to the whole European idea.

I would wish for more British involvement in Europe, not less.

It does mean, if this is the idea, the end of Britain as an independent European state ... it means the end of a thousand years of history.

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.

David Cameron wants people to believe that his isolation in Europe is a result of Britain being outnumbered when it matters most.

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

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

The euro currency both presupposes and promotes a fiction - that 'Europe' has somehow become, against the wishes of most Europeans, a political rather than a merely geographic expression.

Limitless enlargement of Europe means the death of political Europe.

I hope Britain stays in the European Union, but I don't want to decide for the British.

I am strictly against a European superstate.

We don't want a European super state.

Britain's destiny lies in Europe.

Britain is less European-minded than Greece.

The argument that won the Brexit campaign is the one that said take back control... which is another way of saying we want to control our destinies again. This is an existential issue for the whole of Europe, not just for the U.K., because this sentiment is not limited to the United Kingdom.

Nations are an historic reality in Europe. They all have different histories, and they joined the EU at very different times and under widely differing circumstances. I was mayor of Warsaw for three years and always in favor of Poland joining the EU. But I also experienced how we had to implement EU regulations that were completely inappropriate to our situation.

I want the European Union to be a success. And I want a relationship between Britain and the EU that keeps us in it.

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

You can't build Europe against anyone.

Any people has a right to self-determination, and now in Europe the process of diluting national sovereignty in the framework of a united Europe is more accepted.

Europe is a collection of free countries.

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

I believe that nationalism is a very strong force, but there are other forces operating; there are tendencies pushing towards a larger picture, especially in Europe, I think; but I still think nationalism is real.