Smart, sustainable, inclusive growth is the key to job-creation and the future prosperity of Europe.

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

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

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.

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

A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.

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