If someone complains about Europe from Monday to Saturday then nobody is going to believe him on Sunday when he says he is a convinced European.

I'm always quite amazed that people in Europe become unnerved when two institutions or two people have different views.

It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.

In the highest government office, you have to be ready to bow out at any time, otherwise you are not a free individual anymore.

Those who are saying that Mario Draghi is in the camp of those trying to push Greece outside the Euroarea, are wrong.

The Turks know that if they want to join the EU, then they must respect our rules. We are a union of beliefs, not a bunch of squawking chickens. But if we continue talks with Erdogan, that doesn't mean we have to bow down to him.

I assumed office to bring the EU to a point from which there is no going back. Instead, I am having to unwind the EU to a certain extent.