“I believe that the majority of people in Europe want to demonstrate solidarity with the refugees.” PeopleWantBelieveI BelieveEuropeMajoritySolidarityRefugee Author:Martin Schulz
“Turkey has in interest in finding agreement on more permissive visa requirements, it wants to be recognized as a safe country of origin and it wants to finally return to constructive EU accession negotiations. We Europeans decide all of those things together.” WantCountryTogetherInterestReturnSafeFindingsAgreementRequirementsNegotiationTurkeysConstructiveVisa Author:Martin Schulz
“If we want to defeat Islamic State, we first have to arrive at a cease-fire agreement in Syria. Once that has been achieved, an anti-IS coalition can be assembled, including Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran. That, however, will be significantly more difficult in the wake of Turkey's downing of the Russian plane.” IfsWantFirstsHas BeensStatesDifficultFireIncludingDefeatRussiaCeasePlanesIslamicAgreementIranSyriaTurkeysArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisCoalitionsIslamic StateDowning Author:Martin Schulz
“The ESM, the European Stability Mechanism, is not funded by Germany alone. Twenty-seven percent of the bailout package comes from Germany. Italy and France together cover a total of 38 percent. That's reality. It makes no sense to say that everyone wants to get at Germany's money.” WantRealityTogetherPercentTwentiesSevenFranceGermanyStabilityMechanismPackagesBailouts Author:Martin Schulz
“We agree: Brussels can't regulate everything. I'm driven by something else: There are forces in Europe that want to generally give national policy priority over a common European approach. We have to prevent this.” WantGivingForceCommonPolicyApproachEuropeAgreeDrivenPrioritiesBrussels Author:Martin Schulz
“Britain, Europe's second largest economy, a member of the G-7 and the UN Security Council, wants to leave the EU. That weakens us and it weakens Britain.” WantEconomySecurityMembersEuropeBritainCouncilSecurity Council Author:Martin Schulz
“We're at a historical juncture: A growing number of people are declaring what has been achieved over the past decades in Europe to be wrong. They want to return to the nation-state. Sometimes there is even a blood and soil rhetoric that for me is starkly reminiscent of the interwar years of the past century, whose demons we are still all too familiar with.” PeopleWantYearsHas BeensStillsSometimesStatesPastNationsNumbersGrowingBloodCenturyReturnEuropeHistoricalDecadesFamiliarDemonSoilRhetoricOver The PastDeclaringJuncture Author:Martin Schulz
“Political leaders need to formulate long-term EU goals that show: Yes, we want to stay together.” WantNeedsLongShowsTogetherPoliticalGoalTermLeaderLong TermPolitical Leaders Author:Martin Schulz
