I Want The European Union To Be

The Driving Force Behind Today's Terrorist Threat Is Islamist Fundamentalism. The Struggle We Are Engaged In Is, At Root, Ideological. During The Last Century A Strain Of Islamist Thinking Has Developed Which, Like Other Totalitarianisms, Such As Nazism And Communism, Offers Its Followers A Form Of Redemption Through Violence.

Because I'm A Democrat! The Will Of The People Is Sovereign.

The European Union That Emerges From The Eurozone Crisis Is Going To Be A Very Different Body. It Will Be Transformed Perhaps Beyond Recognition By The Measures Needed To Save The Eurozone.

Our Participation In The Single Market, And Our Ability To Help Set Its Rules Is The Principal Reason For Our Membership Of The Eu. So It Is A Vital Interest For Us To Protect The Integrity And Fairness Of The Single Market For All Its Members.

The Last Thing I'd Say Is That You Can Achieve A Lot Of Things In Politics. You Can Get A Lot Of Things Done. And That, In The End - The Public Service, The National Interest: That Is What It's All About. Nothing Is Really Impossible If You Put Your Mind To It. After All, As I Once Said: I Was The Future Once.