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

Greece is not a country that can be humiliated. It is a matter of finding an intersection between the reasonable elements of both sides [EU and Greece] which has to be done.

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

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

Yesterday's shining heroes of Brexit have become the sorrowful heroes of today.

After 30 years in Brussels, I can tell you: The relationship between the Commission and the Parliament has probably never been as good as it is now.

Trump is a partner for us who cannot be easily categorized. Putting it in the noblest way possible, his understanding of politics is a little different from ours here in Europe. The way he acts forces us Europeans to take on a new responsibility. We are not standing with our backs up against the wall, but, to put it as pithily as the German chancellor has: We can no longer rely on the U.S. the way we could in the past.