Jean-Claude Juncker Quotes

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Jean-Claude Juncker

Profession : Politician

Birth : December 9, 1954

This was a continent of divisions, of wars, of conflicts, of divergences, differences... When I am in Asia, in Africa, people admire what we have managed to do. Europe is beautiful seen from other continents.

Jean-Claude Juncker

Being described as a stupid bureaucrat with no link to representative democracy is difficult to take.

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I have met in my life two big destroyers: Gorbachev, who destroyed the Soviet Union, and Cameron, who destroyed the United Kingdom to some extent, even if there is no wave of Scotland to become independent.

Jean-Claude Juncker

Forgetting the importance of national landscapes, cultures, national behaviours, reactions, and reflexes is a big, big mistake.

Jean-Claude Juncker

I am against nationalists, but I am very much in favour of patriots.

Jean-Claude Juncker

The European family may well be anything but perfect. But it is the best thing that we have for bringing the countries of Europe around the same table and for forging compromises so that people here can live in peace, freedom, and prosperity.

Jean-Claude Juncker

If someone complains about Europe from Monday to Saturday, then nobody is going to believe him on Sunday when he says he is a convinced European.

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From the very beginning, Europe has been not only a success story but also a story of success achieved by learning.

Jean-Claude Juncker

However painful or regrettable Brexit may be, it will not stop the E.U. as it moves to the future; we need to move forward.

Jean-Claude Juncker

Europe has to be about more than market, goods, and money.

Jean-Claude Juncker

We shouldn't persuade people that we can simply conjure up the sun and the moon: at the most, we can deliver a telescope.

Jean-Claude Juncker

If we allow Catalonia - and it is none of our business - to separate, others will do the same. I do not want that.

Jean-Claude Juncker