Lionel Barber Quotes

Germany will continue to play a central - perhaps even a more important - role in the European Union. I think that we will all miss the pragmatic approach of the British, however, particularly in those long nights of negotiation.

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.

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

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

I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants, and should want, to play a committed and active part.

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.

You're thinking of Eurpoe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.

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

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.

Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after years of fighting to defend Europe against attacks from the Eurosceptic right, it would be fatal to retreat into the same arguments and begin the battle anew.

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.

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

Without Britain, Europe would remain only a torso.

As Tony Blair has made clear, our fundamental challenge is how to make Europe work better.

Limitless enlargement of Europe means the death of political Europe.

In the light of these treaties we are Europeans only.

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

We have to reconcile Europeans with Europe.

I am not anti-European.

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.

To make Europe more effective is a worthwhile objective. To make Europe less important in your calculations is a big mistake.

I'd say that I'm a pro-European.