For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy.
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Even before Europe was united in an economic level or was conceived at the level of economic interests and trade, it was culture that united all the countries of Europe. The arts, literature, music are the connecting link of Europe.
Yes, Jean Monnet was the father of the concept of a United States of Europe and his efforts more than those of any other single man helped change the thinking of European leaders.
quote by Paul Hoffman
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More than forty years of Communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe resulted in an unhappy and artificial division of Europe. It is this dark chapter of European history that we now have the opportunity to close.
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Germany is an economic giant but a political midget, and with the end of the Cold War she has started to muscle her presence throughout Europe and the world.
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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It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe. Europe will be united by the Chinese.
quote by Charles de Gaulle
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I declare myself an Austrian and a European. A united Europe will be a peaceful Europe.
quote by Heinz Fischer
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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.
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Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pygmy hatreds.
quote by Balzac
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If you ever behold a giant, first of all check the position of the sun—to see whether or not it is the shadow of a pygmy.
quote by Novalis
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Europe is spreading its wings. In freedom. In prosperity. And in peace. It is a truly proud moment for the European Union. It is a triumph for liberty and democracy. To our new members I say: "Warmly welcome to our family". Our new Europe is born.
quote by Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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We've all learned about this disease since it was first discovered several years ago in Europe. And so I think we've learned from the European experience.
quote by Ann Veneman
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Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
Rendezvous on Champs-Elysees
Leave Paris in the morning on T.E.E.
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
In Vienna we sit in a late-night cafe
Straight connection, T.E.E.
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
From station to station
back to Dusseldorf City
Meet Iggy Pop and David Bowie
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
Trans-Europe Express
song performed by by Kraftwerk
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So that we focus not on competing visions for Europe but on what Europe can do to improve economic growth, to give us a cleaner environment, to create more jobs, to make us more secure.
quote by John Hutton
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Margaret Thatcher was fearful of German unification because she believed that this would bring an immediate and formidable increase of economic strength to a Germany which was already the strongest economic partner in Europe.
quote by Douglas Hurd
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China is not only formidable, it is also aggressively building its own economic infrastructure. Just a few years from now, China will rival the U.S. and the European Union in global market power. It already has surpassed us in population.
quote by Jo Ann Emerson
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Mighty mouse
A predator, the pygmy shrew?
It seems unlikely but it’s true.
To satisfy its appetite
this tiny scrap of dynamite
will tackle creatures twice its size.
They’re dead before they realise.
This little creature has to eat
twice its own body weight of meat.
On each and every single day.
the pygmy shrew’s no easy prey.
Some larger creatures find to their cost.
Make the attempt and find they’ve lost.
The pygmy shrew’s ferocity
means that he wins inevitably.
poem by Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg
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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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He Wages War On Them
More than eternity shrouds the mist,
Europe bestowed its murky list,
Venturing into contents of the Europe -
A European war from the buildup.
How seconds wage war on delicious weather,
Thought the general had, thinking was easier
For himself the real captain, the soldier,
A man whose pride was with creator.
His words are like trench warfare,
He straightforwardly reads our affair.
poem by Naveed Akram
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My country is in the grips of a major economic crisis. This is causing dramatic consequences for the very existence of Polish families. A permanent economic crisis in Poland may also have serious repercussions for Europe. Thus, Poland ought to be helped and deserves help.
quote by Lech Walesa
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