Martin Schulz Quotes

I defy anyone - and I have said this to the Germans - to build a solid, articulated, and viable Europe without France's consent.

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

It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.

How can we still speak of the salvation and reformation of Europe, when we have to ask Europe's destroyer for help?

I am going to leave the future of Europe to the Europeans.

We need less theoretical debate and more practical application and acknowledgment of what Europe can and does do so that it is brought home to people in a relevant way.

Europe needs an engine, and the Franco-German motor has provided that when the two nations have converged on important topics during critical periods. But that partnership shouldn't be a directorate for other EU members.

I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness.

Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today.

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

In the light of these treaties we are Europeans only.

We must build a kind of United States of Europe.

We are part of the community of Europe, and we must do our duty as such.

We have to reconcile Europeans with Europe.

With every wish to take Europe forward with a German-French nucleus, the proposals must always fit with German interests.

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

I'm a big believer in Europe.

Europe is and will be a Union of States.

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

[Helmut] Kohl said Europe must return to being a community committed to stability and the rule of law.

It is always said that Europe is a project of the elite. That's incorrect.

The future will belong to the Germans... ...when we build the House of Europe. In the next two years, we will make the process of European integration irreversible. This is a really big battle but it is worth the fight.

Europe is not a choice, it is a necessity, but it needs to be rethought, refounded.

We are a European nation - must stay one.

Europe has never existed. One must genuinely create Europe.