I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in this.

Quote by Peter Mandelson

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The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.

The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.

I certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation.

I certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation.

For too long, decisions have been taken behind closed doors - tablets of stone have...

For too long, decisions have been taken behind closed doors - tablets of stone have...

We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single...

We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single...

I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his...

I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his...

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like...

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like...

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by...

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by...

Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to...

Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to...

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed...

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed...

I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn't be set back.

I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn't be set back.

Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved...

Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved...

I'm a fighter, not a quitter.

I'm a fighter, not a quitter.

I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to...

I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to...

I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal...

I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal...

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain....

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain....

What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.

What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.

If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at...

If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at...

Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in...

Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in...

What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and...

What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and...

Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.

Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.