I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because I'm against it in principle but because I didn't think it was economically right for Britain. But that doesn't make me any less pro-European.
quote by Gordon Brown
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Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union.
quote by John Hutton
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We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies.
quote by Jean-Pierre Raffarin
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We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way.
quote by Ibrahim Rugova
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The European Union, which is not directly responsible to voters, provides an irresistible opportunity for European elites to seize power in order to impose their own vision on a newly socially regimented Europe.
quote by Maggie Gallagher
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Shes So European
She walked in like a lady, with a glass of pink champagne
I wouldnt look if you paid me, cause to me shes still the same
Well you oughtta see her, wearin her heart on her sleeves
Youd never believe her, shes got a well-planned look in her eyes
Shes so european, shes one of a kind, one of a kind
Shes so european, shes one of a kind, all in her mind
And shes so european, I found out today
She still speaks with an accent from a week in san tropez
She makes love on her brass bed cause her parents are still away
Well you oughtta see her, countin the stars in her eyes
Youd never believe her, shes got a well-planned coverless smile
Shes so european, shes one of a kind, all in her mind
Shes so european, shes one of a kind, all in her mind
And shes so european, she told me today
I wanna hold her tight all through the night, I must be dreamin
I wanna take my time, shes so refined, is that her screamin
Ive seen the looks in your eyes, youve seen through her disguise, yeah
Shes so european, shes so european, one of a kind, all in her mind....
song performed by by Kiss
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I am, as a European, absolutely shocked by European people. I am also shocked by European nationalist people. They have allowed themselves to be so emasculated so silently.
quote by Ernst Zundel
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They Let 'em Fail
Iceland refused to take a loan
From Banksters at the IMF
Instead let banks fail,
Kept the debt...
And sent the loan sharks home
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Source: Bloomberg
Iceland’s President Olafur R. Grimsson said his country is better off than Ireland thanks to the government’s decision to allow the banks to fail two years ago and because the krona could be devalued.
“The difference is that in Iceland we allowed the banks to fail, ” Grimsson said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Mark Barton today. “These were private banks and we didn’t pump money into them in order to keep them going; the state did not shoulder the responsibility of the failed private banks.”
Ireland’s Prime Minister Brian Cowen said this week his government has discussed an 85 billion-euro ($112 billion) bailout with the European Union and International Monetary Fund after the country’s banks threatened to bring the euro member to the brink of bankruptcy. Iceland’s banks, which still owe creditors about $85 billion, were split to create domestic units needed to keep the financial system running, while foreign liabilities remained within the failed lenders.
As a consequence, “Iceland is faring much better than anybody expected, ” Grimsson said. The Icelandic state’s liability on foreign depositor claims stemming from Icesave accounts at failed Landsbanki Islands hf should be put to a national referendum, he said.
“How far can we ask ordinary people - farmers and fishermen and teachers and doctors and nurses - to shoulder the responsibility of failed private banks, ” said Grimsson. “That question, which has been at the core of the Icesave issue, will now be the burning issue in many European countries.”
poem by Ray Lucero
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I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.
quote by Jodie Foster
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Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries.
quote by Mikhail Saakashvili
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So I think that is from the European perspective, for the European future, this engagement can be one of the most important and effective decisions in the last 50 years maybe.
quote by Aleksander Kwasniewski
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I was a Member of the European Parliament for a period of time and I saw a lot of European laws and treaties.
quote by Jean-Pierre Raffarin
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I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts.
quote by Bianca Jagger
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The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don't see the person who is representing Europe.
quote by Joschka Fischer
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No, I'm not a French designer either. I'm from nowhere. I'm a European, old European is all I am.
quote by Karl Lagerfeld
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European Son
(reed, cale, morrison, tucker)
You killed your european son
You spit on those under twenty-one
But now your blue cars gone
You better say so long
Hey hey, bye bye bye
You made your wallpapers green
You want to make love to the scene
Your european son is gone
Youd better say so long
Your clowns bid you goodbye
song performed by by Velvet Underground
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I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following European issues.
quote by Jean-Pierre Raffarin
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We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to.
quote by Jack Irons
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The university exchange programme Erasmus is barely mentioned in the business sections of newspapers, yet Erasmus has created the first generation of young Europeans. I call it a sexual revolution: a young Catalan man meets a Flemish girl – they fall in love, they get married and they become European, as do their children. The Erasmus idea should be compulsory – not just for students, but also for taxi drivers, plumbers and other workers. By this, I mean they need to spend time in other countries within the European Union; they should integrate
Umberto Eco in Interview - La Stampa (2012)
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We don't want protectionism at the heart of the European Union.
quote by Guy Verhofstadt
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Let's be careful when we start comparing American to European tolerance because there isn't necessarily a lot of European tolerance.
quote by Montel Williams
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