Peter Mandelson
Peter Mandelson
Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson PCis a British Labour politician, president of international think tank Policy Network and Chairman of strategic advisory firm Global Counsel. He served as Member of Parliamentfor Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, and held a number of Cabinet positions under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was also the European Commissioner for Trade between 2004 and 2008...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 October 1953
Peter Mandelson quotes about
commission nobody
It will be the Commission doing the explaining, nobody else,
fighter quitter
I'm a fighter, not a quitter.
instability uncertainty
The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.
world lasts faces
The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us up to what we have to do in the world.
moved-on politician blair
I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair.
europe ideas
What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.
politician throwing high-ground
Few politicians are good at taking the high ground and throwing themselves off it.
climate-change carbon
There is no high-carbon future
taken past doors
For too long, decisions have been taken behind closed doors - tablets of stone have simply been past down to people without bothering to involve people, listen to their views or give them information about what we are doing and why.
party dirty naughty
In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy.
needs reform economic
Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain.
europe squares insecurity
If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at a time when we want Europe to be a more effective force for good in the world, when we need to buttress ourselves against the pressures and insecurities of globalization.
europe people priorities
Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.
ideas government brilliant
It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.