In 2013, we opened our first international office in London and established a European hub in Berlin.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Berlin is well on its way to becoming one of the most vibrant startup hubs in the world.
Germany has always stood for an E.U. of the 27 countries. But in light of Britain's continued resistance to further integration steps, as we saw with the fiscal pact, there are limits to my optimism in this regard. It's quite possible that we will have to create the new institutions for the euro zone first.
Bricks and mortar Berlin has become a kind of network across which visitors and residents interact as if on some sort of comfortable global platform.
The U.K. and Ireland are like-minded on E.U. matters, and the process of working together in Brussels has built an immense store of knowledge, personal relationships, and trust between our governments.
I want France to become the European hub for R&D.
I finished my studies in England, I opened my studio in London, and the first one-man exhibit I had on Bond Street, which was opened by the Austrian ambassador.
We link our future to the euro, to the euro zone, and to the European Union while being the nearest neighbor of the United Kingdom with, obviously, a common travel area and a very close working relationship with the U.K.
We work well together with the United Kingdom - particularly, perhaps, when we talk about new rules for the European Union.
I was a foreign correspondent in Berlin in the mid-'90s.
Berlin is like being abroad in Germany. It's German, but not provincial.
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