Quotes about the EU: European Union

I believe in Europe. I am convinced by Europe. Not only as a heritage from the past, but as hope and a vision for the future.

Angela Merkel (as Chancellor of Germany) - July 2020, Speech at the European Parliament

Our final goal must be to create the United States of Europe.

Konrad Adenauer

Europe

The European Union cannot be compared to the United States. America is a nation, but Europe is not. Europe is a continent of many different nations with their own identities, traditions and languages. Robbing them of their national democracies does not create a European democracy - it destroys democracy in Europe.

Geert Wilders

We all know that Ukrainians are ready to die for the European perspective. We want them to live with us for the European dream.

Ursula von der Leyen - Juni 2022

Europe Ukraine 2022

Europe resembles a fine riverboat that was launched on a still ocean in 2000. And then the first storm that hit it, in 2008, started creating serious structural problems for it. We started leaking water. And of course, the people in the third class, as in the Titanic, start feeling the drowning effects first.

Yanis Varoufakis

Titanic 2008 2000

Romania and Bulgaria were particularly irresponsible. If they wanted to diminish their chances of joining Europe they could not have found a better way.

Jacques Chirac

Romania Bulgaria

The world needs more Europe.

Ursula von der Leyen (as President of the European Commission) - September 2019

Europe

Our united Europe is based on a promise: No more nationalism, no more war on our continent, no more racism, hate and violence!

Frank-Walter Steinmeier (as President of Germany) - August 2019

We have to breathe new life into Europe.

Emmanuel Macron

France

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.

Gordon Brown

€uro

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.

George Washington

USA

It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.

Jean-Claude Juncker (as President of the European Commission)

Of course Brexit means that something is wrong in Europe. But Brexit means also that something was wrong in Britain.

Jean-Claude Juncker (as President of the European Commission)

England & Great Britain Brexit

To love Europe, is to love its nations. To love your country is to love Europe. Patriotism is a virtue. Unchecked nationalism is riddled with both poison and deceit.

Jean-Claude Juncker - State of the Union 2018

Europe

There is no better protection against the euro crisis than successful structural reforms in southern Europe.

Mario Draghi

€uro

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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

Queen Elizabeth II

Europe Peace World War II

I feel that people in Europe are different from Americans - I think your soul is a little deeper.

Marvin Gaye

Europe

I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.

Eddie Izzard

Europe

Europe must not be a stronghold where we isolate ourselfes from others. It has to be open.

Helmut Kohl

Europe

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

Jacques Chirac

Europe

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

Margaret Thatcher

Europe USA

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.

Tadao Ando

Europe Japan

Heaven is where the police are British, the chefs Italian, the mechanics German, the lovers French and it is all organized by the Swiss.
Hell is where the police are German, the chefs British, the mechanics French, the lovers Swiss, and it is all organized by the Italians.

Europe

Brexit Analogy; We've all been on a night out with a mate who says, "it's shit here - let's go somewhere else." Then, when you leave, you realise he has no idea where to go and the place you left won't let you back in. The United Kingdom is standing in a kebab shop at 2 am, arguing about whose fault it is.

Brexit Doner Kebab

I deal with tough mathematical questions every day, but please don’t ask me to help with Brexit!

Stephen Hawking

Brexit

Good luck to the class of 2028 with their history exam: "Outline the process of the so-called Brexit without going crazy."

Brexit

And after Brexit, we will be free to determine our economic future, with control over our money, laws and borders.

Liz Truss

Brexit

Where there is a will, there is a deal - we have one!

Jean-Claude Juncker (as President of the European Commission) - via Twitter, 17.10.2019

Brexit

Europe stands by those in need of protection. All those fleeing Putin's bombs are welcome in Europe.

Ursula von der Leyen - March 2022

2022 Russia-Ukraine War

Democracy has the power to quickly spread. But its erosion can happen just as fast. Democracy is freedom. We need to stand up for it.

Ursula von der Leyen - December 2021

Democracy

Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. Believe me, it will be enough.

Mario Draghi - am 26.07.2012

€uro

I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you… to make each day count.

Jack Dawson in Titanic

Democracy isn't just there. We have to work for it together - every day.

Angela Merkel - October 2021, during the 31st Day of German Unity

Democracy German Unity 2021

Falling down isn't dangerous or shameful. Not getting up is both.

Konrad Adenauer

Courage Giving Up

I hate consensus. I like confrontation.

Geert Wilders

The Ukrainian people are defending the values of freedom and democracy on which our civilization is based, and the very foundations of international law.

Giorgia Meloni - Juli 2023

Ukraine

Please don't create any review videos for 2022 - going through it once was enough for me.

2022

I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.

Samuel L. Jackson

Barack Obama 2008

How could this Y2K be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?

Al Gore

2000 Microsoft

One can go to war alone, but you can't build peace alone.

Jacques Chirac

War Peace

In Romania, American forces have found a devoted NATO ally.

Joe Biden - March 2004

NATO Romania 2004

Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Bulgaria - and that's practically the same thing.

Bulgaria

With clear language and undaunted diplomacy, he has significantly shaped the United States of America and post-war global politics.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier - December 2023

Henry Kissinger

We need to think about how young people use social networks. When things get out of hand we may have to regulate them or cut them off.

Emmanuel Macron - July 2023, about the riots in France

France Social Media

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