I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe.
Jose Manuel BarrosoThe E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.
Jose Manuel BarrosoI say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.
Jose Manuel BarrosoLet 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.
Jose Manuel Barroso