"[The European Union must be a] federal union with a common currency, a tightly co-ordinated economic policy and a foreign policy capable of common diplomatic and military action. ... Britain is refusing to face reality. Does England have a future outside Europe? No. But it is difficult for a great nation to bid farewell to its golden age."
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Jacques Delors, Interview with Der Spiegel (27 November 1994), quoted in The Times (28 November 1994), p. 12
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