If we are going to try to get across to the poorest people in the world that we care about their plight and we want them to join one world with the rest of us, we have got to make promises and keep promises.

Whatever new arrangements are enacted for the Eurozone, they must work fairly for those inside it and out.

Warm congratulations to my friend Barack Obama. Look forward to continuing to work together.

When people's love is divided by law, it is the law that needs to change.

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

What Churchill described as the twin marauders of war and tyranny have been almost entirely banished from our continent. Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean.

Because with courage and conviction I believe we can deliver a more flexible, adaptable and open European Union in which the interests and ambitions of all its members can be met.