Quotes About Europe

Europe's leaders hoped not only to promote growth but also to increase political unity,

Europeans hoped that their new currency—in combination with the harmonization of regulations and the removal of restrictions on the movement of people, goods, and financial capital across European borders—would convey some of the same economic advantages enjoyed by the United States, with its single currency and open borders between states.

If defaults spread beyond Greece, the stability of Europe's entire banking system could be at risk.

it seemed to me that the health of the U.S. economy was linked to what happened in Europe.

Still, over time, optimism about resolving Europe's problems faded.

We discussed risks that European developments might pose to the United States, but to date those risks had not materialized.

European unemployment has been concentrated among the young,

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Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.

To be in Florence is to reflect on Europe's intricate diversity - and its lost creativity.

In the 21st century, there will probably be a reflex against the disintegration of traditional European culture. What started as a reaction will come full circle, and there will be a return to the roots.

I was never binary remain or leave. I was very much of the sentiment, and still am, that it was about remain, reform and review. The U.K. actually has a very powerful place in Europe.

Conversations with my counterparts in Europe have made clear that many of them recognize NATO's limitations and understand the need for reform.

We are the reformers. Reform ends if we leave, not just for us but also our friends in Europe who want our voice heard in Europe.

Schengen cannot survive without the most dramatic reform, and the external borders of Europe must be rapidly strengthened.

Europe has been a place of refuge. Why should it stop with black and brown bodies?

The refugee crisis is a challenge for the whole of Europe, and Europe - it's a very fair point to say it's not just a security issue. It's also an economic issue.

Luckily, Europe, step by step, recognised that these mass refugee movements to Europe cannot work.

As a post-Holocaust kid, growing up in a neighborhood with a lot of Jewish refugees, I had got the idea there were no Jews left in Europe. But I found in my European wanderings that many of them had gone back and rebuilt their lives.

Forcing states to take refugees doesn't take Europe any further.

You know, I think in Europe NASCAR is not regarded as high as it should.

There are no grounds for discrimination in Europe, regardless of whether on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, or religion. On the other hand, there is equally no place for radical thought and political Islam.

We have different rules in Europe and that makes the game different. In regards to contact, there are more things allowed overseas. You can do a lot more 'dirty' stuff.

As Ethiopia goes, so goes the whole Horn of Africa - a region where instability can have major security and humanitarian implications for the United States and Europe.