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

But it is the best thing that we have for bringing the countries of Europe around the same table and for forging compromises so that people here can live in peace, freedom and prosperity. In a world which is growing closer together all the time, we can only survive and influence the rules if we join forces. We will miss the presence of the United Kingdom at this table.

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.

I wouldn't like Greece to stay recession. I do think that everything has to be undertaken to reconnect with growth.

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

When it becomes serious, you have to lie.

I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty.