“Europe was founded as a community bound together by solidarity.” TogetherCommunityEuropeBoundsSolidarity Author:Martin Schulz
“Now Europe are experiencing a wave of eroding solidarity, first of certain societies and then entire governments. At the same time, we have two giant new challenges to meet: the migration movement and terror. And then Great Britain is thinking about leaving the EU. That should suffice as a description.” ThinkingShouldFirstsTwoGovernmentCertainChallengesMovementEuropeLeavingWaveTerrorGiantsBritainDescriptionSolidarityMigrationGreat BritainNew Challenges Author:Martin Schulz
“I believe that the majority of people in Europe want to demonstrate solidarity with the refugees.” PeopleWantBelieveI BelieveEuropeMajoritySolidarityRefugee Author:Martin Schulz
“Solidarity is the fundamental idea of European cooperation. If a country feels itself to be militarily threatened and calls for soldiers, weapons and sanctions, then that's what it gets. When governments say they need money from the structural funds to stabilize their economy, that's what they get. But you can't cherry pick solidarity.” IfsNeedsFeelsIdeasCountryGovernmentEconomyWeaponsPicksFundamentalsSoldierFundCooperationSolidarityThreatenedSanctionsCherriesNeed Money Author:Martin Schulz
“We have committed ourselves to pursue joint policies, but then national governments say, "We aren't bound by that." That is a dramatic situation, because solidarity is a basic principle that cannot be had on an à la carte basis. If we have rules that nobody adheres to, then the community will break apart.” IfsGovernmentCommunitySituationPrinciplesBreakPolicyBasesBoundsCommittedPursueDramaticSolidarityJointsBasic PrinciplesDramatic Situations Author:Martin Schulz
“The vast majority of people support the idea of an enlightened, modern union of countries demonstrating solidarity. Film director Wim Wenders recently summed up the problem to me very well. He said the idea of Europe has become an administration, and now people think that the administration is the idea. But that doesn't mean we should give up on the idea - it means we should change the administration.” PeopleThinkingGivingShouldWellsMeanSaidIdeasCountryProblemFilmSupportModernDirectorsGiving UpEuropeMajorityUnionsAdministrationEnlightenedSolidarityDemonstratingFilm Directors Author:Martin Schulz
“I am critical of the fact that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is pulling out of everything - the joint approach to the refugee issue, for example. He cannot disparage his colleagues in the EU either - that's not how we treat each other. We require solidarity: in refugee policies, just as in the financial architecture of the structural funds from which countries like Hungary have strongly profited from for years.” YearsCountryFactsIssuesPolicyExampleApproachTreatsFinancialCriticalArchitectureMinistersFundPrimePullingSolidarityColleaguesPrime MinisterRefugeeJointsHungaryOrbsHungarians Author:Martin Schulz
“You can't always be demanding solidarity from others and then refuse to show it yourself.” ShowsRefuseSolidarity Author:Martin Schulz
“The EU is an unique project that replaced war with peace, hate with solidarity. Overwhelming emotion for awarding of Nobel prize to EU” WarHateEmotionProjectsUniquePrizeOverwhelmingReplacedSolidarityNobelNobel PrizeOverwhelming Emotions Author:Martin Schulz
