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I am for secret, dark debates.
When it becomes serious, you have to lie.
When the going gets tough, you have to lie.
I am strictly against a European superstate.
We must go back to teach Europeans to love Europe.
My main concern is to protect people from detriment.
The European family may well be anything but perfect.
The U.K. decided to leave the E.U. - Brexit means Brexit.
With hindsight, it is always easy to blame everyone else.
Europe has to be about more than market, goods, and money.
The person who is ahead in the end will have the advantage.
I don't think Spain will need any kind of external support.
Our idea is to make the U.K. a privileged partner of the E.U.
Europe is a democracy and differences of opinion are part of it.
Europe must not distance itself from Africa's universal ambitions.
Decisions can only be reached in Europe if France and Germany agree.
I am against nationalists, but I am very much in favour of patriots.
We do not attract Russian money to Luxembourg with high interest rates.
For my generation, the monetary union has always been about forging peace.
It is always said that Europe is a project of the elite. That's incorrect.
It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.
The populists are spreading slogans. We have to offer solutions and answers.
Yesterday's shining heroes of Brexit have become the sorrowful heroes of today.
God understands more about the financial markets than many who write about them.
You can't deepen the European Union against the wishes of the European countries.
I'm not deaf and the Commission isn't operating in a parallel world of legal texts.
The use of EU summits to frame political victories or defeats is an annoying habit.
I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty.
No, we should not be afraid of the populists; we should embrace those they are fighting.
You can consider this carved in stone: I rule out becoming Herman Van Rompuy's successor.
I don't think in national categories. For me it [policy] is about concepts and substance.
You can't have euro bonds without more interconnection among the national budget policies.
It's important to recognize that we in Europe will either succeed together or fail together.
I'm not suffering from withdrawal symptoms. I would say that I have a balanced state of mind.
There can be no doubt that, with the United Kingdom, we will lose a very market-oriented voice.
Article 50 governs the exit from the European Union and here there can also be no renegotiation.
Being described as a stupid bureaucrat with no link to representative democracy is difficult to take.
It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.
The Greek nation has to be respected. I am not in the camp of those who openly want to humiliate Greece.
The European Union has decades of experience in overcoming crises and has always emerged stronger after.
I am chilled by the realization of how similar circumstances in Europe in 2013 are to those of 100 years ago.
My friendship with Martin [Schulz], by contrast, is completely different in that it goes far beyond politics.
If we allow Catalonia - and it is none of our business - to separate, others will do the same. I do not want that.
From the very beginning Europe has been not only a success story but also a story of success achieved by learning.
The problem is: When two governments or institutions in Europe hold differing opinions, it is immediately a crisis.
I wouldn't like Greece to stay recession. I do think that everything has to be undertaken to reconnect with growth.
From the very beginning, Europe has been not only a success story but also a story of success achieved by learning.
Of course Brexit means that something is wrong in Europe. But Brexit means also that something was wrong in Britain.
I notice with a certain sense of regret that far too many Europeans are returning to a regional and national mindset.
I put my money on Brexit. The EU Financial Stability Commissioner, Jonathan Hill from Britain, still owes me a pound.