European Democracy Quotes

I live in Europe and care about democracy and sovereignty of nation states there.

If we were to have a presidential election in Europe it would be an event that would spark a huge interest in people from Lisbon to Helsinki, just like national elections. And it would create a completely different political setting in Europe.

The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe.

Only Europeans can decide what is best for Europe.

We need to restore democracy and sovereignty in Europe.

European democracy, for me, is the best form of government invented by mankind.

If European democracy owes much to the Protestant Reformation it owes nothing whatever to the direct teaching of the Protestant leaders. — So deeply rooted was the reverence for monarchy that even the wars of religion in France and the Netherlands produced no distinctive republican doctrine.

I did publish a Bill once called "Common Sense" with a new constitution for Europe called the "Commonwealth of Europe," setting it all out - what it's rights were, how it would work. And I think that that will be where is has to go. But I'm not anti-European, I'm just a democrat, a very committed democrat. I don't see why the hell I should obey a law made by someone I didn't elect and can't remove.

I'd say that I'm a pro-European.

I am a committed European; a united Europe is Romania's future.

What every generation must do is try to make Europe better than it was in the past.

What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.

We have to reconcile Europeans with Europe.

I will defend Europe; it is our civilisation which is at stake... I will work to rebuild ties between Europe and its citizens.

To avoid the trap of Europe fragmenting on the economy, security, and identity, we have to return to the original promises of the European project: peace, prosperity and freedom. We should have a real, adult, democratic debate about the Europe we want.

The European Union cannot be compared to the United States. America is a nation, but Europe is not. Europe is a continent of many different nations with their own identities, traditions and languages. Robbing them of their national democracies does not create a European democracy - it destroys democracy in Europe.

Our democracy has been around far longer than European democracy.

There is not, in my view, a single European demos.

If the E.U. is to survive... it is based on the fact that for every community that belongs in Europe, there is a place in Europe.

We are part of the community of Europe, and we must do our duty as such.

It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.

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

A democratic Europe of nation states could be a force for liberty, enterprise and open trade. But, if creating a United States of Europe overrides these goals, the new Europe will be one of subsidy and protection