The many refugees are not a Greek or German problem. They are a European problem. We should therefore develop a common strategy. That's why I am launching a cross-border movement for more democracy.

Nothing is more boring than talking to people who share my opinion anyway.

Fences and borders are a sign of weakness.

I don't believe a Brexit will hurt the City of London as one of the largest financial centers in the world.

The economic crisis has weakened the EU for years.

Had history been democratic in its ways, there would have been no farming and no indsturial revolution. Both leaps into the future were occasioned by unbearably painful crises that made most people wish they could recoil into the past.

If the British think they can simply detach from the continent and sail towards the USA or China, then they are mistaken.