Jean-Claude Juncker Quotes
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As complicated and complex and as difficult as we are, the unity of Europe is a pre-condition for a better organized world, and if the European Union would fail or decompose, or other members left, the U.S. would have a more difficult role to play in the world.
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We decide on something, leave it lying around and wait and see what happens. If no one kicks up a fuss, because most people don't understand what has been decided, we continue step by step until there is no turning back.
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The populists are spreading slogans. We have to offer solutions and answers.
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We all know what to do, we just don’t know how to get re-elected after we’ve done it.
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We do not attract Russian money to Luxembourg with high interest rates.
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Borders are the worst invention ever made by politicians.
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We shouldn't persuade people that we can simply conjure up the sun and the moon: at the most, we can deliver a telescope.
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Anyone who believes that the eternal question of war and peace in Europe is no longer there risks being deeply mistaken.
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If it's a Yes, we will say 'on we go', and if it's a No we will say 'we continue'.
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Thank you, have a nice day. I will now see the president of Azerbaijan, so the nice part of the day is over.
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Europe has to be about more than market, goods, and money.
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It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.
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The U.K. decided to leave the E.U. - Brexit means Brexit.
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Forgetting the importance of national landscapes, cultures, national behaviours, reactions, and reflexes is a big, big mistake.
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In a union of equals, there can be no second-class consumers. I will not accept that in some parts of Europe, people are sold food of lower quality than in other countries, despite the packaging and branding being identical.
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I am strictly against a European superstate.
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Of course Brexit means that something is wrong in Europe. But Brexit means also that something was wrong in Britain.
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No, we should not be afraid of the populists; we should embrace those they are fighting.
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The Luxembourg financial centre is based on several pillars, we are characterised by the breadth of our product range, we are an active participant in the international credit business.
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We feel we need a Capital Market Union, Energy Union, Economic and Monetary Union but we also think we need security union