I have changed the focus of the work of my Commission so that we no longer concern ourselves with trivial details and concentrate on the key issues instead. By doing that, we met a large number of the legitimate demands made by the British people. The Commission really did do everything it could to create the conditions for a positive campaign.

It is always said that Europe is a project of the elite. That's incorrect.

The European Union has decades of experience in overcoming crises and has always emerged stronger after.

The Greek nation has to be respected. I am not in the camp of those who openly want to humiliate Greece.

The will of the British people must now be put into effect as quickly as possible. Under Article 50 of the EU Treaty the UK must leave the European Union within two years at the latest.

I have always considered it to be a minor miracle that after the war, people in Europe's border regions were able to forget everything and, in accordance with the slogan "Never Again War," develop a program that still works today.

It's important to recognize that we in Europe will either succeed together or fail together.