EU Membership, E.U. Membership Quotes

Turning away Turkey from the EU would be a great, long-term - a century-long - error by Europe.

I completely understand why people are concerned about immigration. There's no silver bullet, no one thing you can do to suddenly deal with all the problems and concerns with immigration, and that includes leaving the E.U.

I want to stay in the European Union which is the best trade deal we could possibly have, but we need to call out racism.

I personally hope and wish that Britain will stay part and parcel of the European Union.

If I've learnt anything over the last six years it's that the most important thing is the strength of our economy. That is how we pay for our NHS, how we build schools, how we provide opportunities for people. And I'm in absolutely no doubt that our economy will be stronger if we stay in and will be weaker and at risk if we leave.

Croatia did not want Europe to be divided as to the start of Croatia's EU entry talks.

Britain's political voice depends on our role as a leading and influential member of the E.U. If we leave, we are of less value to our allies and of less concern to our enemies. We need the strongest voice we can get in the dangerous modern world.

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.

Liberal Democrats will not rest until we have stopped Brexit.

We should do everything we can to demonstrate to the U.K. the attractiveness of the E.U.

I could have become an E.U. player if I'd wanted to, but I am, and prefer to remain, Argentine.

This is an absolute turning point in the story of our country because I think if we go on with being enmeshed in the E.U., it will continue to erode our democracy. That is something that worries me.

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

Having campaigned to remain in the E.U., I voted to trigger Article 50, in response to the clearly expressed wish of the electorate. It must now be my duty as an MP to try to ensure that Brexit is as smooth as possible and that there is a sound legislative framework in place to bring this about. A chaotic departure is in no-one's interest.

Let's take back our currency; then we can discuss at what conditions we can stay in the E.U.

Kosovo's destiny is clearly to join the European Union at some point.

Britain outside the E.U. would be less able to respond with the speed and strength we need to tackle complex and growing cross-border threats to all our communities.

There wasn't a Scottish nationalist MP elected at any general election when we were outside the E.U.

We would only need a bespoke solution for Northern Ireland if Britain leaves the Single Market.

I am a passport-carrying citizen of the E.U.

Being in the European Union has its advantages, and I think that is what the British are beginning to understand, what those who are tempted by the Brexit are going to reflect upon.

Rename has always been much moor powerful being France on its own than being a province of the European Union.

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.

I don't think the U.K. should leave the E.U. I think it would be a disaster for our economy, and it would lead to a decade of economic and political uncertainty at a time when the tectonic plates of global success are moving.

Czech Republic is an important part of central Europe. It's clear that we must participate in European integration. I am convinced that the Czech Republic - or, in the past, Czechoslovakia - would have been one of the founding members of the EU if it hadn't been for the communist takeover in 1948.