“As a European Union member state, as a country committed throughout all its history to the fight for the values that I have made my own, as the fifth world power, as a country that has marked my life and European Union houses part of European Union, France can act if it wishes to do so.” IfsWorldLifeMadeCountryStatesValuesFightingHouseWishMy OwnMembersUnionsCommittedFranceFifthEuropean UnionWorld Power Author:Julian Assange
“We know that the abilities of European Union member states are not infinite. As such, it makes little sense for us to criticize each other.All of us accepted Sweden's decision to introduce border controls too. And that is a country that was for decades the most open to immigration.” KnowsLittlesCountryStatesAbilityDecisionMembersInfiniteUnionsDecadesAcceptedImmigrationBordersCriticizeIntroducingEuropean UnionSwedenBorder Control Author:Wolfgang Schauble
“Why doesn't anyone address the substantive question of why other states blatantly interfere in Israel's internal affairs? Israel does not meddle in the affairs of other states in a similar way, so why do other countries feel entitled to do this to Israel? These actions violate Israeli sovereignty and I expect European Union member states to act differently.” WayFeelsDoeCountryStatesActionMembersUnionsAffairIsraelAddressesInternalsOther CountriesEntitledInterfereSovereigntyIsraeliEuropean UnionInternal Affairs Author:Ayelet Shaked
“If you had said to anyone in 1945, at the end of the Second World War with the continent it ruins, that you could have a European Union of 28 member states stretching from Portugal in the West to Estonia in the East, all of them more-or-less liberal democracies - they wouldn't have believed you.” IfsWorldSaidWarEndsStatesDemocracyMembersUnionsWestEastRuinsWar Of The WorldsContinentsStretchingEuropean UnionSecond World WarPortugalLiberal DemocracyEstonia Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“Margaret [Hodge] is obviously entitled to do what she wishes to do. I would ask her to think for a moment, a Tory prime minister resigned, Britain's voted to leave the European Union, there are massive political issues to be addressed, is it really a good idea to start a big debate in the Labour Party when I was elected less than a year ago with a very large mandate not from MPs, I fully concede and understand that, but from the party members as a whole.” ThinkingYearsIdeasWholeMomentsBigsPoliticalAsksWishPartyIssuesMembersYears AgoUnionsDebateMinistersBritainLabourMassivePrimeGood IdeasEntitledPrime MinisterEuropean UnionMandatesResignedLabour PartyPolitical IssuesMps Author:Jeremy Corbyn
“I think that the message I have of optimism and hope about Britain's bright future outside the European Union is shared by many Conservative members and voters - indeed by a majority of the country.” ThinkingCountryMembersMessagesOptimismMajorityUnionsConservativeBritainVotersEuropean UnionBright FutureOptimism And Hope Author:Michael Gove
“The good thing about the European Union is that the joint project ultimately benefits all Member States and not just a few.” StatesMembersBenefitsProjectsGood ThingsUnionsJointsEuropean Union Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“While we're members of the European Union, we don't have an immigration policy. We can't have an immigration policy. It's a charade for people to pretend we do.” PeoplePolicyMembersUnionsImmigrationEuropean UnionImmigration PolicyCharades Author:Nigel Farage
“I am interested in making sure that the people of Cyprus will be able to live in a reunited Cyprus, where they are free, where there's a democracy, freedom and Cyprus is a member of the European Union.” PeopleAbleDemocracyMembersUnionsEuropean UnionReunitedDemocracy FreedomCyprus Author:Alexis Tsipras
“I should also say that apart from the negotiations that are taking place within the WTO, we are ourselves involved in all manner of bilateral negotiations, or, if they are not bilateral, with the South African Customs Union and the European Union. All the member countries of the European Union have now ratified the agreement that we have with the EU and that opens up the EU market in various ways.” IfsWayShouldCountryInvolvedMembersUnionsSouthVariousAgreementCustomsSouth AfricaNegotiationEuropean Union Author:Thabo Mbeki
“There are exceptions of course, like for instance the Baltic States, which are members of the European Union, together with Ukraine and Moldova, as well. In those countries, the governments have been reformed as a result of elections.” WellsHas BeensCountryStatesGovernmentTogetherCoursesResultsMembersElectionUnionsInstanceExceptionUkraineEuropean Union Author:Garry Kasparov
“Membership in the European Community, now the European Union, has helped Ireland to take its place as a European country with all the member states, including Britain. It has therefore helped the maturing of a good bilateral relationship with Britain, lifting part of the burden of history.” CountryStatesCommunityMembersUnionsIncludingBurdenBritainMatureIrelandLiftingEuropean UnionMembershipEuropean Countries Author:Mary Robinson
“Effectively, the EU is a very powerful bureaucracy, dominated now by the German elite, which is backed by the rest of the European Union members.” PowerfulMembersUnionsElitesBureaucracyVery PowerfulEuropean Union Author:Tariq Ali
“To achieve effectiveness and legitimacy it is time to scrap the right of veto given to permanent members of the UN, or at least severely restrict its use. It is also time to either abandon the idea of permanent membership or broaden it to reflect the rise of non-Western states to the status of global leaders (e.g. Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey, South Africa), and to downgrade European representation by either giving the European Union a single seat or rotating a European state among Germany, France, UK, and Italy.” GivingIdeasStatesUseGivenLeaderAchieveMembersIndiaUnionsSouthWesternFrancePermanentGermanySeatsAbandonSouth AfricaRepresentationTurkeysIndonesiaEffectivenessEuropean UnionScrapBrazilMembershipLegitimacyVetoRotating Author:Richard A. Falk
“Britain is not part of the single currency. That is a decision we have taken, a voluntary decision of this country, but as a result are part of a European Union 19 of whose members are rapidly integrating, creating political, fiscal, monetary, economic union to make their currency work. And that is increasingly rubbing up against the operation.” CountryPoliticalDecisionResultsTakenEconomicMembersCreatingUnionsOperationsBritainCurrencyEuropean UnionMonetaryIntegrating Author:George Osborne
“Establishing proper economic governance that allows the Eurozone to undertake the integration it needs whilst protecting the interests of the single market for all 28, the rights of member states who are not in the Euro - including of course the UK - is really important for the future of the European Union.” NeedsImportantStatesCoursesInterestRightsEconomicMembersUnionsIncludingIntegrationGovernanceEuropean UnionEuroEurozone Author:George Osborne
“A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.” IfsWantStatesMembersUnionsEuropean Union Author:Jose Manuel Barroso
“Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.” StatesMembersUnionsConformityLegislationEuropean UnionNorwegians Author:Jose Manuel Barroso