Portuguese - Politician | March 23, 1956 -
The dynamic of globalisation in financial and economic terms, but also in geopolitical terms, confronts Europeans with a stark choice: live together, share a common destiny and count in the world; or face the prospect of disunity and decline.
Jose Manuel Barroso
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The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union.
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Growth based on debt is unsustainable, artificial.
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The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.
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Usually I don't comment on comments of others.
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The new narrative for Europe should be about the need to have a responsible organisation, the need to be able to defend our interests and promote our values, like human rights.
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Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.
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I am a very committed European.
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Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the same rights as another country.
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I think diversity can also be a resource, an asset, especially in a world that is becoming globalized, to deal with difference, to deal with variety, to deal with complexity.
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In the age of globalisation, pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.
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Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.
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