I think that we must come together progressively, with the British, the Germans, the Spanish, the Italians and with the new members of the European Union, we must make an effort to forge closer links.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We should seek to cooperate with Europe, not to divide Europe to a fictitious new and a fictitious old.
In the long run, Europe will certainly move toward unification. But it will be a process of push and pull, and there will be resistance.
Whatever else may divide us, Europe is our common home; a common fate has linked us through the centuries, and it continues to link us today.
Whatever the details of union may be, there's no doubt we need more policy coordination in 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.
The countries that share this conception should be able to go further together, without excluding the others, since they can still live in a greater community of exchange and co-operation.
What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.
Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of a deeper political union.
We work well together with the United Kingdom - particularly, perhaps, when we talk about new rules for the European Union.
I have specifically argued that we need to change our relationship with the European Union by fundamentally reforming not just our relationship but the European Union itself.