I wouldn't like Greece to stay recession. I do think that everything has to be undertaken to reconnect with growth.

I am for secret, dark debates.

Decisions can only be reached in Europe if France and Germany agree.

It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.

I am chilled by the realization of how similar circumstances in Europe in 2013 are to those of 100 years ago.

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.

Between now and then, after 43 years of European marriage, the whole body of legislation will therefore have to be disentangled. That entails a whole range of specific and very complex questions: what will be the future legal status of the millions of EU citizens in the UK and the millions of Britons on the continent?