Jean Claude
Jean Claude
Jean Claudewas a French Protestant divine...
different contrast my-friendship
My friendship with Martin [Schulz], by contrast, is completely different in that it goes far beyond politics.
greek example different
In politics, there are different categories of friendship. My friendship with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, for example .
hero yesterday shining
Yesterday's shining heroes of Brexit have become the sorrowful heroes of today.
years two half
I am in favor of the European institutions being led for the next two-and-a-half years as they have been thus far. We need stability.
agreement europe turkeys
Without the Turkey agreement, tens of thousands of refugees would still be stuck in Greece. The Commission presented proposals for securing Europe's external borders early on, but they languished in the Council for months. As you can see, the Commission isn't asleep. Oftentimes it has to wake up the others.
europe said projects
It is always said that Europe is a project of the elite. That's incorrect.
europe united-states integration
I completely agree with Helmut Kohl. I am not an advocate of the "United States of Europe," nor am I an integration fanatic.
war forget-everything europe
I have always considered it to be a minor miracle that after the war, people in Europe's border regions were able to forget everything and, in accordance with the slogan "Never Again War," develop a program that still works today.
stability pact rationality
We no longer have the pact from 1997; it was radically amended in 2005 and the Commission is applying this Stability Pact with wisdom and rationality.
world deaf parallels
I'm not deaf and the Commission isn't operating in a parallel world of legal texts.
europe two government
The problem is: When two governments or institutions in Europe hold differing opinions, it is immediately a crisis.
years want membership
I have another explanation [of Brexit]: In its 43 years of EU membership, Britain has never been able to decide whether it wants to fully or only partially belong to the EU.
loyalty opposites acting
One can't allow blind loyalty to a friendship to lead one away from acting in the public interest. If Martin [Schulz] were to propose something that was totally absurd, our friendship would not prevent me from doing the opposite.
views europe two
I'm always quite amazed that people in Europe become unnerved when two institutions or two people have different views.