If the E.U. is to survive… it is based on the fact that for every community that belongs in Europe, there is a place in Europe. Frans Timmermans Read Quote
This is the game of those who deny climate change or who deny the need for sustainability. They say, ‘They are going to take everything away from us. They are going to take our cars away from us. They are going to take our steaks from us. They are going to take all the things that make life nice away from us. So let’s not go there.’ Frans Timmermans Read Quote
Nationalism is like alcoholism: a short period of exaltation followed by a long period of headaches. Frans Timmermans Read Quote
Nationalism makes us poor because its Siamese twin, protectionism, will destroy the internal market and disrupt international trade. Frans Timmermans Read Quote
The issue of migration has played a key role in all of our member states, wherever we are. Only we, as a European Union, can convince our citizens that we do have an answer to this – not deny migration, not pretend you can solve it by building fences and walls, not pretending we can solve it by letting everybody in. Frans Timmermans Read Quote
If the law does not give you what you want, you can oppose the law, you can work to change the law, but you cannot ignore the law. So it is fundamental that the constitutions of every one of our member states are upheld and respected. Frans Timmermans Read Quote
The European Union is not unbreakable; something that is breakable is extremely valuable. Frans Timmermans Read Quote
Is wellbeing only economic growth? Only salaries? Or is wellbeing also being able to breathe clean air and drink clean water? Frans Timmermans Read Quote
