As Tony Blair has made clear, our fundamental challenge is how to make Europe work better.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What we need is a common goal for more 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.
But we can turn challenges into opportunities if we look outwards to the realities of the global economy and modernise our internal institutions in ways that will equip Europe to meet that challenge and create confidence amongst the public.
What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.
We work well together with the United Kingdom - particularly, perhaps, when we talk about new rules for the European Union.
Our aim, during our Presidency in the next six months will be to lead this challenge, to show that Europe can function in a mature and responsible way, to start delivering tangible results that show we are taking people's concerns seriously.
We believe that government in Britain should be working to restore our reputation on the international stage after Iraq and engage better within Europe.
The E.U.'s tax and regulatory policies, climate-change and welfare spending, and free immigration even in wartime are gradually ruining Europe. That's why I believe Brexit is good for British freedom, political autonomy, and the survival of democratic capitalism.
We need strength and success elsewhere in our country - not by pulling London down but by building the rest of the country up.
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.
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