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I hope Britain stays in the European Union, but I don't want to decide for the British.

We cannot turn our backs on Europe. We are part of Europe.

You can suddenly have a series of countries waking up and saying, 'I want the same status as the Brits,' which will be, de facto, the dismantling of the rest of Europe.

I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community.

We want the United Kingdom to remain in the European Union.

If the U.K. were threatening to withdraw from Europe, I would certainly want Scotland to be out of that.

Britain is a European power. We cannot change our geography. Our involvement in the politics of European cooperation is one of necessity. Our wealth and our security depend upon it.

I don't want a tailor-made approach where the British have the best of two worlds. That will be too big an incentive for others to leave and kill the European idea, which is based on shared responsibilities.

I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe.

It does not seem to me that the steps which would be needed to make Britain - and others - more comfortable in their relationship in the European Union are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable.