Jean Claude
Jean Claude
Jean Claudewas a French Protestant divine...
interest rate interest-rate
We do not attract Russian money to Luxembourg with high interest rates.
europe two government
The problem is: When two governments or institutions in Europe hold differing opinions, it is immediately a crisis.
shooting pressure hips
I urge everyone to be patient and reasonable and I warn against shooting from the hip in the truest sense of the term. Pressure and dialogue are needed.
views europe two
I'm always quite amazed that people in Europe become unnerved when two institutions or two people have different views.
europe united-states integration
I completely agree with Helmut Kohl. I am not an advocate of the "United States of Europe," nor am I an integration fanatic.
europe said projects
It is always said that Europe is a project of the elite. That's incorrect.
loyalty opposites acting
One can't allow blind loyalty to a friendship to lead one away from acting in the public interest. If Martin [Schulz] were to propose something that was totally absurd, our friendship would not prevent me from doing the opposite.
europe differences democracy
Europe is a democracy and differences of opinion are part of it.
greek example different
In politics, there are different categories of friendship. My friendship with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, for example .
boards ships tough
[Boris]Johnson, [Nigel] Farage, they are retro-nationalists, not patriots. Patriots don't abandon ship when the going gets tough. They stay on board.
stability pact rationality
We no longer have the pact from 1997; it was radically amended in 2005 and the Commission is applying this Stability Pact with wisdom and rationality.
leaving boat plans
I would have thought that they [Boris Johnson and Nigel Farag] would have had a plan,instead of developing a plan they are leaving the boat.
agreement europe turkeys
Without the Turkey agreement, tens of thousands of refugees would still be stuck in Greece. The Commission presented proposals for securing Europe's external borders early on, but they languished in the Council for months. As you can see, the Commission isn't asleep. Oftentimes it has to wake up the others.
order government perception
There is a distorted perception of what goes on in Brussels. No one reports on the Commission taking a hundred initiatives from its predecessor off the table in order to shift competencies back to member state governments.