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

Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.

Governments are not always right.

Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the same rights as another country.

I think diversity can also be a resource, an asset, especially in a world that is becoming globalized, to deal with difference, to deal with variety, to deal with complexity.

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.