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“The U.K. is outward-looking, trade-oriented, growth-oriented, and we do not have enough of that storyline, that tradition, that culture within the European Union.”
“We need Britain not only to stay in the E.U. but to be very active in it.”
“I was very much surprised by the Johnson/Gove proposals to make it harder for Europeans to work in the U.K. if Britain were to vote to leave the E.U.”
“Never waste a crisis.”
“The U.K. outside of the European Union will end up being a mid-sized economy, somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, in neither America nor Europe.”
“I believe the United Kingdom will be worse off outside the E.U. It will not have the influence it has in the world today.”
“I am absolutely convinced that the E.U. will still be around. I am convinced the U.K. will be sitting at that table and not negotiating an exit, but being there to stay.”
“We have pension funds with 1.5 trillion euros investments, and they want to find business opportunities in India.”
“Our national prosperity is built on our open borders. However, the reality is that if a points system is introduced in the UK it would be unavoidable for us in the Netherlands to implement similar proposals - and inevitable that many other EU countries would follow suit.”
“Radical changes will come to the Netherlands. We stand for fundamental choices, and we need to make the right ones.”
“I used to walk in the Bowery in the early 1980s, and it was not safe. It went from this to Disneyland under Giuliani and Bloomberg. This is now one of the best-run big cities in the world.”
“England has collapsed politically, monetarily, constitutionally, and economically. It is not reasonable to demand from them to trigger Article 50.”
“No one wants to kill Schengen, but if it is only a fairweather system, then it cannot survive.”
“I believe on the issue of immigration, you have to deal with it sensibly.”
“We are a trading nation, and we are trading with Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland.”
“This is what the European Union is all about. A strong market with a strong currency.”
“Our ability to create jobs, our future growth, is built on the free market. It's built on open borders.”