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From the very beginning Europe has been not only a success story but also a story of success achieved by learning.
Jean-Claude Juncker
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Jean-Claude Juncker
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 9
Former Prime Minister Of Luxembourg
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I have a plan. It entails leading to a fair deal and relationship with the British. We will be reasonable, but we will also negotiate firmly and without gullibility. I believe we must come to an agreement for the people of Britain and the people on the Continent, but not under exclusively British terms.
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I put my money on Brexit. The EU Financial Stability Commissioner, Jonathan Hill from Britain, still owes me a pound.
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There is a distorted perception of what goes on in Brussels. No one reports on the Commission taking a hundred initiatives from its predecessor off the table in order to shift competencies back to member state governments.
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I'm not deaf and the Commission isn't operating in a parallel world of legal texts.
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In the highest government office, you have to be ready to bow out at any time, otherwise you are not a free individual anymore.
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Yesterday's shining heroes of Brexit have become the sorrowful heroes of today.
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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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I like Macron a lot and I very much welcome him - particularly the fact that he made Europe one of the main topics of the election debate.
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We must also take this opportunity to learn from the situation [of Brexit], just as we learned from the refugee and debt crises.
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I would have thought that they [Boris Johnson and Nigel Farag] would have had a plan,instead of developing a plan they are leaving the boat.
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My main concern is to protect people from detriment.
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We can't completely rely on the aberrations of history to explain today's European necessities. Future-related issues are no less pressing.
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I assumed office to bring the EU to a point from which there is no going back. Instead, I am having to unwind the EU to a certain extent.
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I said in my inaugural address that I am not the Council's secretary, nor am I the Parliament's lackey. That can sometimes lead to conflicts, which are defused through dialogue.
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Europe is a democracy and differences of opinion are part of it.
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Article 50 governs the exit from the European Union and here there can also be no renegotiation.
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Trump knows that he is encountering a complete lack of understanding in Europe, but it's apparent that he's not very impressed by it. My experience, however, has been that American presidents take a greater interest in Europe over the course of their term.
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Now it is firstly a matter of a clean divorce, because citizens and companies need legal certainty. Can there be a new partnership with the United Kingdom one day? All 27 Member States would have to agree to that. And the United Kingdom would first have to reflect on what it wants itself.
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The Greek nation has to be respected. I am not in the camp of those who openly want to humiliate Greece.
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