At least in Europe, we consider the right to privacy a fundamental right and it is a very serious matter.

The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.

There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability.

My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university.

I say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.

Decisions taken by the most democratic institutions in the world are very often wrong.

I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe.