We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization.

Quote by Peter Mandelson

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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.

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...

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...

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.

I'm a fighter, not a quitter.

I'm a fighter, not a quitter.

Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.

Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.

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 certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation.

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

Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing...

Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing...

The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us...

The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will...

Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will...

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

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

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...

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....