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I want the European Union to be a success. And I want a relationship between Britain and the EU that keeps us in it. — David Cameron

Kosovo's destiny is clearly to join the European Union at some point. — Emma Bonino

The government has been repairing Poland's image and its relations with the European Union and the world. — Donald Tusk

The country voted to leave the European Union, and it is the duty of the Government and of Parliament to make sure we do just that. — Theresa May

You can't deepen the European Union against the wishes of the European countries. — Jean-Claude Juncker

It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take. — Jean-Claude Juncker

A lot of international companies invest in the U.K. as a base for doing business with the rest of the European Union. — Tim Harford

[European Union] a giant cartel that suits big multinationals. — Nigel Farage

Journalists are pretty much like European union. They don't take 'no' as an answer. — Radovan Kavicky

For if the car drives in the wrong direction better fuel doesn't help. — Janusz Korwin-Mikke

We believe that the European Union is facing a truly historic choice. — Jean-Pierre Raffarin

I hope Britain stays in the European Union, but I don't want to decide for the British. — Francois Hollande

It [European Union] has kept the peace in Europe. Countries used to fight and now they talk. We should be attached to that. — David Cameron

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge. — John Major

Europe is not old; it's rotten. Most Europeans are ignorant, racist, greedy and lazy. — Daniel Marques

The two key words for the European Union are creativity and fruitfulness. That's the challenge. — Pope Francis

It's a European Union of economic failure, of mass unemployment and of low growth. — Nigel Farage

Don't belittle the hurt that has been caused by the job-destroying machine that is the European Union. — Michael Gove

We believe that from both a German and a Polish perspective, it is desirable for Great Britain to remain in the European Union. — Angela Merkel

If I am prime minister, we will come out of the European Union, and part of that will be control of free movement. — Theresa May

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

My father had a fishing business in Aberdeen destroyed by the European Union and the Common Fisheries Policy, the European Union. — Michael Gove

The entire European Union is a left-wing dream — Dennis Prager

I think it is one of the fundamentals, not only of the European Union but also of free trade, that competition is fair. — Margrethe Vestager

But I do think that Brexit, an exit of Britain from the European Union, would trigger real pressure on the United Kingdom. — Lionel Barber

We are a pivotal part of the European Union. Any destabilization of Greece would totally rock the boat. — Antonis Samaras

Anyone who's working in manufacturing here should know they will have increased opportunities if we leave the European Union. — Michael Gove

The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union. — Jose Manuel Barroso

This immigration business has been going on in the UK much in advance of the European Union making an issue of it. — Rush Limbaugh

The European Union arose on an economic foundation, and it turns out that even this is not a solid base. Cultural identity has been neglected. — Gunter Grass

If you go through all the structures and features of this emerging European monster you will notice that it more and more resembles the Soviet Union. — Vladimir Bukovsky

Scottish nationalism has grown since we entered the European Union. — Michael Gove

We would like Serbia to become a member of the European Union as quickly as possible. — Ivica Dacic

Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union. — John Hutton

By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF. — Jose Manuel Barroso

A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state. — Jose Manuel Barroso

The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan

At the core of the European Union must be, as it is now, the single market. Britain is at the heart of that Single Market, and must remain so. — David Cameron

I'm one of many who have seen their parents and their friends lose their jobs, lose their income, lose their livelihood because of the European Union. — Michael Gove

When it becomes serious, you have to lie. — Jean-Claude Juncker

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace. — John Bruton

There have been major disagreements within the European Union. — Jean-Pierre Raffarin

We must go back to teach Europeans to love Europe. — Jean-Claude Juncker

Today the main, over-riding purpose of the European Union is different: not to win peace, but to secure prosperity. — David Cameron

We need not to just kill the boat-smuggling business model: we also need to get rid of this asylum-shopping in the European Union. — Mark Rutte

If we leave the European Union it's a risk to our economy - it's a risk to pensioners, it's a risk to homeowners, it's a risk to people in work. — George Osborne

A Socialist United States of Europe seems to me the only worth-while political objective today — George Orwell

We want the United Kingdom to remain in the European Union. — Francois Hollande

We are convinced that Turkey would be a useful member of the European Union. — Martti Ahtisaari

Regarding the visa-free regime, it has undoubtedly become a problem for the European Union, above all in terms of its capacity to reach agreements. — Sergei Lavrov

One of the things I know about the European Union is that the European Union can destroy jobs. — Michael Gove

I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free. — Olusegun Obasanjo

We work well together with the United Kingdom - particularly, perhaps, when we talk about new rules for the European Union. — Angela Merkel

The people who are backing the Remain campaign are people who have done very well, thank you, out of the European Union. — Michael Gove

The next leader of this country needs to be someone who believes heart and soul that Britain should be outside the European Union. — Michael Gove

We don't want protectionism at the heart of the European Union. — Guy Verhofstadt

Transforming the European Union into a single State with one army, one constitution and one foreign policy is the critical challenge of the age — Joschka Fischer

The European Army is our long-term goal. But first we have to strengthen the European Defence Union. — Angela Merkel

I felt we needed someone to lead this country who believed heart and soul in leaving the European Union. — Michael Gove

What's a fact is that we give more than Â£350 million to the European Union and hand over control of that money to the European Union every week. — Michael Gove

I personally hope and wish that Britain will stay part and parcel of the European Union. — Angela Merkel

If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things. — Lord Robertson

If we leave the European Union, yes there will be bumps in the road, inevitably, but we will be in a better position to deal with them. — Michael Gove

I believe that there are better opportunities to keep people safe if we are outside the European Union. — Michael Gove

Both France and Britain are supportive of India's bid for a broad-based agreement on trade and investment with the European Union. — Salman Khurshid

I find no contradiction between being a Highlander, a Scot, a citizen of the U.K. and a citizen of the European Union at one and the same time. — Charles Kennedy

The whole project of European Union is one in deep trouble. — Timothy Garton Ash

Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states. — Jose Manuel Barroso

Nationalism is war. - in arguing to strengthen the federal powers of the European Union — Francois Mitterrand

Europe needs a boundary like a fish needs a bicycle. — Yanko Tsvetkov

It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown. — Dalai Lama

As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders. — Jonathan Sacks

It is conceivable that at some point a truly united and powerful European Union could become a global political rival to the United States. — Zbigniew Brzezinski

The delight of populists and the horror of the European Union, Switzerland voted in favour of quotas for EU migrants. — Anonymous

For the European Union, Russia is as important politically and economically as China is to the U.S. — Ivan Krastev

You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not. — Hugh Gaitskell

In order to be able to reduce migration we need to be outside the European Union. — Michael Gove