With their charm and legendary sense of humor, the British directly or indirectly paved the way for a large number of European compromises.

With hindsight, it is always easy to blame everyone else.

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

You can't have euro bonds without more interconnection among the national budget policies.

I am a champion of trans-Atlantic relations and I do not believe there is any other option available to us than working closely together with America - including Canada. There is no other alliance option, but the same is true for the U.S.

I have changed the focus of the work of my Commission so that we no longer concern ourselves with trivial details and concentrate on the key issues instead. By doing that, we met a large number of the legitimate demands made by the British people. The Commission really did do everything it could to create the conditions for a positive campaign.

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