I believe man-made climate change is one of the most serious threats that this country and this world face.

Far from being a drag on growth, making our energy sources more sustainable, our energy consumption more efficient, and our economy more resilient to energy price shocks - those things are a vital part of the growth and wealth that we need

It [European Union] has kept the peace in Europe. Countries used to fight and now they talk. We should be attached to that.

Countries are different. They make different choices. We cannot harmonise everything.

The European Union that emerges from the Eurozone crisis is going to be a very different body. It will be transformed perhaps beyond recognition by the measures needed to save the Eurozone.

More of the same will just produce more of the same - less competitiveness, less growth, fewer jobs.

It's time we admitted that there's more to life than money, and it's time we focused not just on GDP, but on GWB - general well-being.