Kalypso Nicolaidis Quotes

I continue to believe when I said in Hanover, that the E.U. remains one of the world's great political and economic achievements, and that those achievements should not be taken for granted.

I said, yet again, for Germany, Europe is not only indispensable, it is part and parcel of our identity. We've always said German unity, European unity and integration, that's two parts of one and the same coin. But we want, obviously, to boost our competitiveness.

Our interests are indeed common European interests, and the only way to serve them is by common means. That is why all Europeans, and all E.U. member states, have a collective responsibility to strengthen our Union.

In the light of these treaties we are Europeans only.

We have to reconcile Europeans with Europe.

What we need is a common goal for more Europe.

The strength of Europe at the end of the day has always been that we stuck together and that demands a great amount - probably even more so than in the past - of discussions, of balancing, of bringing along individual countries.

For all its shortcomings, European co-operation and integration has created an understanding of shared destiny. We no longer point guns at each other; we fight it out at a conference table. And we will continue to do so when the U.K. is no longer a member state but, I hope, still a friend.

The most important thing is that Europe has to remain united.

I'm a big believer in Europe.

E.U. need to be nurtured and cultivated and protected and fought for because the achievements that we've seen on this continent, in contrast to a divided Europe of the previous century, are ones that remind us of how important it is that we work together.

Europe has never existed. One must genuinely create Europe.

For my generation, the monetary union has always been about forging peace.

Europe was founded as a community bound together by solidarity.

You can't build Europe against anyone.

The stabilising power of economic union was one of the reasons the E.U. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

The decisive factor for the future of Europe - and before all things, for the 'restoration' of Europe - will be whether political thought and national feelings are influenced by the reality of internationalism.

If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed.

In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.

Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today.

Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean. And while we must never take this for granted, the first purpose of the European Union - to secure peace - has been achieved and we should pay tribute to all those in the EU, alongside Nato, who made that happen.

I declare myself an Austrian and a European. A united Europe will be a peaceful Europe.

Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of a deeper political union.

To be in the EU, it means to have same rules of... for economy, for social life, to be together in the majority of European countries.

If there is no real European federation and if Germany is restored as a strong and independent country, we must expect another attempt at German domination…. The only reasonably hopeful possibility for avoiding … this is some form of federation in Western and Central Europe.