Martin Schulz Quotes

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• The dream of Europe is a region of freedom and peace, of security, law, democracy, tolerance and mutual respect. If you look into the faces of the refugees you will see this dream. These are people who are fleeing from war, hate, violence and unjust systems.

  Martin Schulz

  Dream, Hate, War

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Referendums have always posed a threat when it comes to EU policy, because EU policy is complicated. They're an opportunity for those from all political camps who like to oversimplify things.

  Martin Schulz

  Opportunity, Political, Complicated

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I'm not a populist. But I try to present complicated issues in such a way that people know where I stand.

  Martin Schulz

  Issues, People, Trying

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We agree: Brussels can't regulate everything. I'm driven by something else: There are forces in Europe that want to generally give national policy priority over a common European approach. We have to prevent this.

  Martin Schulz

  Europe, Giving, Priorities

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• A joint European army is a very far-reaching proposal and it would be difficult to implement. Such initiatives are nevertheless needed.

  Martin Schulz

  Army, Joints, Would Be

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The EU is an unique project that replaced war with peace, hate with solidarity. Overwhelming emotion for awarding of Nobel prize to EU

  Martin Schulz

  Hate, War, Unique

  Twitter post from Oct 12, 2012

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• We must now, in the 21st century, protect democracy, one which rests on fundamental rights for all, regardless of skin color, gender, race or religion. Nothing less than that is at stake.

  Martin Schulz

  Color, Rights, Race

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• For many people, politics in Brussels and Strasbourg might as well be happening on another planet.

  Martin Schulz

  People, Might, Planets

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Solidarity is the fundamental idea of European cooperation. If a country feels itself to be militarily threatened and calls for soldiers, weapons and sanctions, then that's what it gets. When governments say they need money from the structural funds to stabilize their economy, that's what they get. But you can't cherry pick solidarity.

  Martin Schulz

  Country, Government, Ideas

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I cannot guarantee people absolute fairness. I can only promise that I will do everything in my power to secure fairness or create a greater degree of fairness.

  Martin Schulz

  People, Promise, Degrees

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• We are in the middle of a tough, ideological conflict that is being waged across the entire continent. On the one side are those who say that global challenges like migration and terror cannot be met with national parochialism. On the other side are those who would like to see a renaissance of the nation-state.

  Martin Schulz

  Challenges, Renaissance, Migration

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• At the end of the day, men like Donald Trump need to be given that which they themselves dispense: clear messages. I would confront him as clearly and explicitly as possible. It is not only the right, but also the duty, of the leader of a German government to do that.

  Martin Schulz

  Men, Leader, Duty

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Keeping quiet and letting the others do the talking. That may be Angela Merkel's method, but it's not mine.

  Martin Schulz

  Quiet

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Primary responsibility for Brexit lies with British conservatives, who took an entire continent hostage.

  Martin Schulz

  Lying, Responsibility, British

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The quota idea is a good one, but there are two problems with it. The first is clear: A quota system would also require all European countries to be prepared to take refugees. And secondly: What happens when the quota has been filled? Would we then simply tell those who are threatened, sorry but we have to send you back?

  Martin Schulz

  Country, Sorry, Ideas

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• It was clear to me that the White House's solemn atmosphere would not civilize Trump. But the merciless nepotism with which he conducts politics, in which he places himself and his family above the law, I wouldn't have considered that possible. And on top of that there is this reduction of complex political decisions to 140 characters. When it comes to a U.S. president, I consider the reduction of politics to a tweet to be truly dangerous. Trump is a risk to his country and the entire world.

  Martin Schulz

  Country, Character, Decision

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The problem with us EU politicians is that we approach everything with cool rationality, and then wonder why we don't win people over emotionally.

  Martin Schulz

  Winning, People, Problem

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Donald Trump is not just a problem for the EU, but for the whole world.

  Martin Schulz

  World, Problem, Trump

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• But if you constantly insist only on your own interpretation, it isn't long before it seems patronizing.

  Martin Schulz

  Long, Interpretation, Patronizing

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Britain, Europe's second largest economy, a member of the G-7 and the UN Security Council, wants to leave the EU. That weakens us and it weakens Britain.

  Martin Schulz

  Europe, Want, Economy

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I'm proud of the fact that Marine Le Pen in France insults me and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands calls me his opponent. The way I see it is, if these people weren't attacking me, I would be doing something wrong.

  Martin Schulz

  Marine, People, Would Be

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Trump has a clear goal: the division of Europe and the destruction of the European domestic market. The fact that Brexit propagandist Nigel Farage was the first European he received in his tower speaks volumes. That is why we must strengthen the European domestic market and work even more closely together in Europe. That is absolutely compulsory for Germany.

  Martin Schulz

  Europe, Clear Goals, Together

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I'm fully aware that my vision of a European bicameral parliament can't be implemented tomorrow. I'm also not an integration fanatic.

  Martin Schulz

  Vision, Tomorrow, Parliament

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Europe was founded as a community bound together by solidarity.

  Martin Schulz

  Europe, Community, Together

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Before we talk about further accessions, we have to consolidate the European Union internally. People are increasingly losing faith in the EU's effectiveness.

  Martin Schulz

  Effectiveness, People, Unions

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