We Europeans will always have two fatherlands. One is Europe, and the other is our own country. It is unified in its diversity—this Europe.
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.
I'm against the European Union, but I am very much in favor of Europe.
The euro is our common fate, and Europe is our common future.
I'm a big believer in Europe.
Europe is... a monument to the vanity of individuals, a programme whose inevitable destiny is failure.
For German Social Democracy, Europe is vital to the national interest.
[Helmut] Kohl said Europe must return to being a community committed to stability and the rule of law.
I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because I'm against it in principle but because I didn't think it was economically right for Britain. But that doesn't make me any less pro-European.
I am not anti-European.
As much as I believe in the Franco-German partnership, I question the idea of a duopoly. European construction is based on a well-balanced and respectful partnership between France and Germany.
Europe has never existed. One must genuinely create Europe.
Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which the interests and ambitions of all its members can be met.
I continue to believe when I said in Hanover, that the E.U. remains one of the world's great political and economic achievements, and that those achievements should not be taken for granted.
You can't build Europe against anyone.
The shot Irishmen will now take their places beside Emmet and the Manchester Martyrs in Ireland, and beside the heroes of Poland and Sérbia and Belgium in Europe; and nothing in heaven or earth can prevent it.
I really think in the Commonwealth of Europe you should have Russia. I listed a hundred countries that would be in it and it would then be a really European United Nations.
I'm very proudly European. I love that we have stories to tell of a place where we come from and we can relate to.
(A unified) 'Europe' is the result of plans. It is, in fact, a classic utopian project, a monument to the vanity of intellectuals, a programme whose inevitable destiny is failure: only the scale of the final damage done is in doubt.
The emergence of a unified Europe is one of the most revolutionary events of our time.
Europe is not a choice, it is a necessity, but it needs to be rethought, refounded.
It [the Euro] is a decisive step towards ever closer political and institutional union in Europe. Above all, it is political.
Emmanuel Macron wants a stronger Europe, just as the chancellor and I do. I was impressed that the new president climbed onto the stage in front of the Louvre to the sound of the European anthem after his election victory. That was a very powerful symbol. It is very clear: Macron is our ally.
But it is the best thing that we have for bringing the countries of Europe around the same table and for forging compromises so that people here can live in peace, freedom and prosperity. In a world which is growing closer together all the time, we can only survive and influence the rules if we join forces. We will miss the presence of the United Kingdom at this table.
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.
