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.

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

What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open.

For investor confidence, it is important that there is certainty about the future of Ireland in E.U.

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.

If we say leaders are incompetent, we are going to fuel extremist, populist, xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties.

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