Emmanuel Macron Quotes

Britain's destiny lies in Europe.

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

After choosing monetary union, further political union and workable governance in Europe was always going to be necessary.

The E.U.'s 500 million citizens enjoy the right to live and work in any of the Union's 27 member states.

I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat.

Perhaps our own opposition to even the level of European integration we have now, let alone any more, is well known.

I think that economic patriotism is the very foundation of a European vision.

Political union means transferring the prerogatives of national legislatures to the European parliament, which would then decide how to structure Europe's fiscal, banking, and monetary union.

I would wish for more British involvement in Europe, not less.

Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro.

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

Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union.

In order to consolidate the euro we need to harmonise our economic, fiscal and social policies, hence we are going toward greater integration.

We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice.

The designs of the paper euros, introduced in 2002, proclaim a utopian aspiration. Gone are the colorful bills of particular nations, featuring pictures of national heroes of statecraft, culture and the arts, pictures celebrating unique national narratives. With the euro, 16 nations have said goodbye to all that.

We don't want a European super state.

I have specifically argued that we need to change our relationship with the European Union by fundamentally reforming not just our relationship but the European Union itself.

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.

Our problem as a country is that most of us do not want to join the euro, and we wish to stay aloof from the common frontiers of the free-travel Schengen area. This makes our relationship with the E.U. fraught with tension and trouble.

This is what the European Union is all about. A strong market with a strong currency.

While it was an experiment to bring them together, nothing has divided Europe as much as the euro.

A country outside the euro zone cannot have a veto over countries in the euro zone.

I see us very much at the heart of Europe. We are founding members of the single market; we are founding members of the euro.

I think the E.U. means different things to different countries. In the U.K., traditionally, if you know anything about the U.K.'s history and its relationship with the E.U., it is about the common market; it's about being part of something that is good for jobs and growth.

I am in favour of a different Europe, where each state can adopt its fiscal and monetary system.