142 Quotes by Jean-Claude Juncker

I don’t think Spain will need any kind of external support.

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

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 have always considered it to be a minor miracle that after the war, people in Europe’s border regions were able to forget everything and, in accordance with the slogan “Never Again War,” develop a program that still works today.

You can consider this carved in stone: I rule out becoming Herman Van Rompuy’s successor.

I’m not deaf and the Commission isn’t operating in a parallel world of legal texts.

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.

We can’t completely rely on the aberrations of history to explain today’s European necessities. Future-related issues are no less pressing.

We decide on something, leave it lying around, and wait and see what happens. If no one kicks up a fuss, because most people don't understand what has been decided, we continue step by step until there is no turning back.