Occupation: British Politician Birth: October 21, 1953
We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globa….
I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one..
The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty..
I'm a fighter, not a quitter..
Few politicians are good at taking the high ground and throwing themselves off it..
In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors..
Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations..
I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills..
There is no high-carbon future.
Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to demonstrate that while the growing interdependence of the wor….
Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing a mind and identity of its own which embraces Franc….
What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and safety in the world..
What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe..
Europe lacks leadership and a sense of mission and too many people don't feel a part of it..
I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe..
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 t….
I certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation..
Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them..
I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn't be set back..
We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich..
They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict..