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

God understands more about the financial markets than many who write about them.

Article 50 governs the exit from the European Union and here there can also be no renegotiation.

The use of EU summits to frame political victories or defeats is an annoying habit.

My friendship with Martin [Schulz], by contrast, is completely different in that it goes far beyond politics.

Now people are criticizing Europe, the European Commission, Juncker and the whole lot because the distribution of refugees didn't succeed immediately. But you also have to recognize that close to 20,000 refugees have already been redistributed. There are only a few member states that do not want to take part.

Without the Turkey agreement, tens of thousands of refugees would still be stuck in Greece. The Commission presented proposals for securing Europe's external borders early on, but they languished in the Council for months. As you can see, the Commission isn't asleep. Oftentimes it has to wake up the others.