Jean-Claude Juncker Quotes

I would have thought that they [Boris Johnson and Nigel Farag] would have had a plan,instead of developing a plan they are leaving the boat.

I wouldn't like Greece to stay recession. I do think that everything has to be undertaken to reconnect with growth.

Those who are saying that Mario Draghi is in the camp of those trying to push Greece outside the Euroarea, are wrong.

I don't think in national categories. For me it [policy] is about concepts and substance.

With hindsight, it is always easy to blame everyone else.

I am in favor of the European institutions being led for the next two-and-a-half years as they have been thus far. We need stability.

I said in my inaugural address that I am not the Council's secretary, nor am I the Parliament's lackey. That can sometimes lead to conflicts, which are defused through dialogue.

In the end, the British didn't vote to leave because of the euro. They're not even members of the currency union. Even the refugee crisis hardly affected the country.

I like Macron a lot and I very much welcome him - particularly the fact that he made Europe one of the main topics of the election debate.

I assumed office to bring the EU to a point from which there is no going back. Instead, I am having to unwind the EU to a certain extent.

We must also take this opportunity to learn from the situation [of Brexit], just as we learned from the refugee and debt crises.

I prefer to concentrate on my task of leading Europe to the success that our citizens expect. We have to look forwards now because what is at stake is what makes Europe Europe.

I'm not suffering from withdrawal symptoms. I would say that I have a balanced state of mind.

If someone complains about Europe from Monday to Saturday then nobody is going to believe him on Sunday when he says he is a convinced European.

The European Union has decades of experience in overcoming crises and has always emerged stronger after.

The good thing about the European Union is that the joint project ultimately benefits all Member States and not just a few.

I completely agree with Helmut Kohl. I am not an advocate of the "United States of Europe," nor am I an integration fanatic.

We all know what to do, but we don’t know how to get re-elected once we have done it.