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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.

By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.

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

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

I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries.

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