A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.
Of course the EU and member states must work to ensure that people moving from one country to another understand their obligations and their rights in areas like health, road safety and further education.
The countries of Europe are too small to guarantee their peoples the necessary prosperity and social development. The European states must constitute themselves into a federation.
Political union means transferring the prerogatives of national legislatures to the European parliament, which would then decide how to structure Europe's fiscal, banking, and monetary union.
If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
We want the United Kingdom to remain in the European Union.
May the States be so bound to each other as forever to defy European politics. Upon that union, their consequence, their happiness, will depend. This is the first wish of a heart more truly American than words can express.
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.
I don't think that our European Union membership precludes us from building an illiberal new state based on national foundations.
Europe must act quickly where it's needed and must, once and for all, let member states handle what is their exclusive domain.