Andrzej Duda Quotes

Turning away Turkey from the EU would be a great, long-term - a century-long - error by Europe.

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.

I believe something very deeply. That Britain's national interest is best served in a flexible, adaptable and open European Union and that such a European Union is best with Britain in it.

We should not make the mistake of equating the E.U. with Europe. Outside the E.U., we wouldn't cease to be Europeans. But, an exit would definitely risk losing those opportunities for our children while growing no similar opportunities elsewhere.

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.

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.

Croatia did not want Europe to be divided as to the start of Croatia's EU entry talks.

We would like Serbia to become a member of the European Union as quickly as possible.

The Czech Republic, severed from its old Slovak half, sits in apparent landlocked contentment, inside the European Union but outside the troubled Euro Zone, set into the new Continental mosaic like one of the small sturdy paving stones, just a few inches square, that form the sidewalks under the visitor's ambling feet.

True, Putin's Russia does not dream of joining the E.U., but Russia's stability depends on preserving the European nature of its regime.

The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union.

The E.U. should want Turkey to be part of it.

We believe that from both a German and a Polish perspective, it is desirable for Great Britain to remain in the European Union.

I personally hope and wish that Britain will stay part and parcel of the European Union.

I hope Britain stays in the European Union, but I don't want to decide for the British.

France wants Britain to remain in the E.U.; indeed, how can we imagine that friendly nation that is our ally and played a role on the international stage could be outside the E.U.?

The heart of the matter is that the very nature of the European Union, and of this country's relationship with it, has fundamentally changed after the coming into being of the European monetary union and the creation of the eurozone, of which - quite rightly - we are not a part.

We need Britain not only to stay in the E.U. but to be very active in it.

I am absolutely convinced that the E.U. will still be around. I am convinced the U.K. will be sitting at that table and not negotiating an exit, but being there to stay.

Brexit has really broken a taboo. The Brits have shown us that you can leave the European Union, and you can come out better.

Being in the European Union has its advantages, and I think that is what the British are beginning to understand, what those who are tempted by the Brexit are going to reflect upon.

Anything that keeps the U.K. close to the E.U. and best of all, in the E.U., would make me personally very happy.

I could have become an E.U. player if I'd wanted to, but I am, and prefer to remain, Argentine.

I don't want to leave euro or leave the European Union.

If you ask the Polish people, I believe that a vast majority of them would say they are pleased with E.U. membership, but also a majority consider very highly the sovereignty and independence of Poland - they are very attached to Polish tradition.