For my generation, the monetary union has always been about forging peace.

The person who is ahead in the end will have the advantage.

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.

The good thing about the European Union is that the joint project ultimately benefits all Member States and not just a few.

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

We no longer have the pact from 1997; it was radically amended in 2005 and the Commission is applying this Stability Pact with wisdom and rationality.

Much as I would have liked to respond factually and truthfully to each and every piece of misinformation spread by the Brexit campaign, it was important that I stayed out of the domestic political debate. It was David Cameron's task to win the UK referendum, not ours.