When you’re taking the country through difficult times and difficult decisions you’ve got to take the country with you. That means permanently trying to make the argument that what you’re doing is fair and seen to be fair.

It is national parliaments, which are, and will remain, the true source of real democratic legitimacy and accountability in the EU.

Normally when people say they haven't decided, they're being polite but they're definitely not voting for you. I think it's different this time. People are thinking hard about the issues.

There is a growing frustration that the EU is seen as something that is done to people rather than acting on their behalf. And this is being intensified by the very solutions required to resolve the economic problems.

Yes, America must do the right thing, but to provide moral leadership, America must do it in the right way, too.

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

Every time I visit Iraq or Afghanistan I am blown away.