Dominic Grieve Quotes

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.

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.

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

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.

We believe that from both a German and a Polish perspective, it is desirable for Great Britain to remain in the European Union.

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

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.

There must be no attempts to remain inside the E.U., no attempts to rejoin it through the back door, and no second referendum.

Anything that keeps the U.K. close to the E.U. and best of all, in the E.U., would make me personally very happy.

When we were told Brexit meant taking back powers for Parliament, no one told my constituents this meant the French parliament and the German parliament, not our own.

It's difficult to see how the U.K. can be a member of the E.U. if it's not adherent to the principles set out in the convention.

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.

What I would rather see, what I think would be the best outcome, is a very close relationship between the United Kingdom and the E.U.

If the U.K. wants to leave the E.U., we need to stay in the single market.

Ensuring we have the best possible Brexit deal will take time, effort and huge diplomatic skill.

The ability to control our borders stands at the heart of the debate on whether or not Britain should leave the European Union.

I never doubted that our parliamentarians would vote to trigger article 50 but I expected a detailed, pragmatic debate around the options of how to execute Brexit and the processes involved.

Membership of the E.U. makes Britain literally ungovernable, in the sense that no administration elected by the people can govern the country.

The government must be open enough to provide robust impact assessments of leaving the single market or the customs union, including region-by-region and sector-by-sector analysis.

As long as U.K. remains member of the E.U., it should respect the E.U. law.

As the great advocates of trade and liberal markets, Conservatives should guide our country through the transition from being one of twenty-eight in the E.U. to a strong, sovereign and independent country.

I felt we needed someone to lead this country who believed heart and soul in leaving the European Union.

Let me be absolutely clear: I think it is defeatist to sort of say we want to leave the European Union. We're going to try and change the rules and change the way it works and change the objectives that it has in order to make it something that works for Britain.

My message is a simple one - the E.U. is not perfect, but Scotland's interests are best served by being a member.