Emmanuel Macron Quotes

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Emmanuel Macron

Profession : Politician

Birth : December 21, 1977

Without investment, you cannot have jobs.

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Brexit is the other face of the refugee crisis - tensions that lead to stasis, external risks that lead to asymmetric shocks.

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Leaving the E.U. would mean the 'Guernseyfication' of the U.K., which would then be a little country on the world scale. It would isolate itself and become a trading post and arbitration place at Europe's border.

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If I was British, I would vote resolutely 'remain' because it's in the U.K.'s interest.

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Historically speaking, the French economy was largely driven by the demand side.

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What we need is much more flexibility for the labour markets.

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France has to accelerate in terms of reform.

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The best way to afford a suit is to work.

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I don't want a tailor-made approach where the British have the best of two worlds. That will be too big an incentive for others to leave and kill the European idea, which is based on shared responsibilities.

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I am attached to a strict approach to Brexit: I respect the British vote, but the worst thing would be a sort of weak E.U. vis-a-vis the British.

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Sovereignty is not just at the national level; that's the mistake of Brexit that other people make.

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I am a newcomer. I want to remain a newcomer. That is my DNA.

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De facto, you have a multi-speed Europe. You look at the Schengen, you look at the euro zone, all this kind of cooperations, you have a multi-speed Europe.

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You need basically some accountability rules, which means democratic checks and balances at the euro zone level, and definitely, you have to increase convergence in terms of taxes, in terms of social affairs and so on.

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We need to go faster on structural reforms in France.

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The doctors, whether based in Brussels or Paris, draw the same conclusions and write the same prescriptions.

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Europe's younger generation has only experienced austerity.

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What matters to me is to find rational solutions for those that are facing difficulties so that France preserves jobs and its ability to innovate.

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I want France to become the European hub for R&D.

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The financial passport is part of full access to the E.U. market, and a precondition for that is the contribution to the E.U. budget. That has been the case in Norway and in Switzerland. That is clear.

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