"We do not fear that the operations of time may never bring a united Europe, with a reunited Germany at its centre. We…"

"The future treaty which you are discussing has no chance of being agreed; if it was agreed, it would have no chance o…"

"There are only two kinds of states in Europe: small states, and small states that have not yet realised they are small."

"You know what they say about the average Common Market official? He has the organizing ability of the Italians, the f…"

"Here in Western Europe you have created a multinational democratic community in which there is a free flow of people,…"

"The President of the Commission, M. Delors, said at a press conference the other day that he wanted the European Parl…"

"The European Union implies the notion of the ‘Minimal State’, the abandonment of mixed economy and of economic planni…"

"Europe began as an elitist project in which it was believed that all was required was to convince the decision-makers…"

"If you cannot join them, beat them!""

"Robert Schuman, who was in a hurry to catch his train for London, so skilfully evaded the newspapermen’s detailed que…"