Jean-Claude Juncker Quotes

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• When the going gets tough, you have to lie.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Lying, Tough, Going Gets Tough

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• When it becomes serious, you have to lie.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Lying, Political, Politics

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• I'm ready to be insulted as being insufficiently democratic, but I want to be serious ... I am for secret, dark debates.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Dark, Secret, Want

  "Eurogroup chief: 'I'm for secret, dark debates'" by Valentina Pop, euobserver.com. April 21, 2011.

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• Decisions can only be reached in Europe if France and Germany agree.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Europe, Decision, Germany

  "Europe Will Either Succeed or Fail Together". Interview with Michael Sauga and Christoph Schult, www.spiegel.de. July 16, 2012.

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• One shouldn't pursue the wrong policies just because one is afraid of not being reelected. Those who intend to govern have to take responsibility for their countries and for Europe as a whole. This means, if need be, that they have to pursue the right policies, even if many voters think they are the wrong ones.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Country, Responsibility, Mean

  "The Demons Haven't Been Banished". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. March 11, 2013.

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• It's important to recognize that we in Europe will either succeed together or fail together.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Europe, Important, Together

  Interview with Michael Sauga and Christoph Schult, www.spiegel.de. July 16, 2012.

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• I am for secret, dark debates.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Dark, Secret, Debate

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• A united Europe is our Continent's only chance to avoid falling off the world's radar. The heads of government of Germany, France and the United Kingdom also know that their voice is only heard internationally because they speak through the megaphone of the European Union.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Fall, Government, Europe

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Europe, Needs

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Believe, Dutch, Rejected

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• I'm convinced that, in the long term, a monetary union includes a joint debt policy under strict, mutually agreed upon conditions.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Long, Debt, Unions

  "Europe Will Either Succeed or Fail Together". Interview with Michael Sauga and Christoph Schult, www.spiegel.de. July 16, 2012.

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• In Europe, even more so than in national politics, we have to follow the principle laid down by Martin Luther: Use language that the people will understand, but don't just tell them what they want to hear.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Europe, People, Principles

  "The Demons Haven't Been Banished". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. March 11, 2013.

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• I notice with a certain sense of regret that far too many Europeans are returning to a regional and national mindset.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Regret, Mindset, Certain

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We must go back to teach Europeans to love Europe.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Europe, Teach, European Union

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• Since it took up office, the Commission which I lead has pursued a clear policy: we need less interference from Brussels when it comes to the things that Member States can deal with better on their own. That is why we no longer regulate oil cans or showerheads, but concentrate instead on what we can do better together rather than alone - such as tackling the refugee crisis or securing our external borders. Only in that way can we make people feel that Europe makes a tangible difference.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Europe, Oil, Differences

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• There is a proposal to divide the currency zone into a north and a south euro. There is also the idea of setting up a core monetary union in the middle of Europe. I disapprove of these debates. Instead, we should devote all of our efforts to supplementing the monetary union with a political union.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Europe, Ideas, Effort

  "Europe Will Either Succeed or Fail Together". Interview with Michael Sauga and Christoph Schult, www.spiegel.de. July 16, 2012.

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• I am chilled by the realization of how similar circumstances in Europe in 2013 are to those of 100 years ago.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Years, Europe, Realization

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The will of the British people must now be put into effect as quickly as possible. Under Article 50 of the EU Treaty the UK must leave the European Union within two years at the latest.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Years, Two, People

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• You can't deepen the European Union against the wishes of the European countries.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Country, Wish, Unions

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Trump is a partner for us who cannot be easily categorized. Putting it in the noblest way possible, his understanding of politics is a little different from ours here in Europe. The way he acts forces us Europeans to take on a new responsibility. We are not standing with our backs up against the wall, but, to put it as pithily as the German chancellor has: We can no longer rely on the U.S. the way we could in the past.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Wall, Responsibility, Past

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Country, Giving, Unions

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• But anyone who believes that the eternal issue of war and peace in Europe has been permanently laid to rest could be making a monumental error. The demons haven't been banished; they are merely sleeping, as the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo have shown us.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  War, Believe, Sleep

  "The Demons Haven't Been Banished". SPIEGEL Interview, www.spiegel.de. March 11, 2013.

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• Article 50 governs the exit from the European Union and here there can also be no renegotiation.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Unions, Exit, Articles

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• I have known a great many politicians who have not managed to stay in power for 16 years. I have nevertheless already managed to remain at the helm for 18 years. I still want to achieve a great many things for my country. Experience is not a disadvantage here, especially as the head of government of a small country in a European setting that has become more difficult.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Country, Government, Years

  "The Demons Haven't Been Banished". Spiegel Online Interview, www.spiegel.de. March 11, 2013.

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• I have another explanation [of Brexit]: In its 43 years of EU membership, Britain has never been able to decide whether it wants to fully or only partially belong to the EU.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Years, Want, Membership

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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