Leo Varadkar Quotes

Leo Varadkar

Profession : Politician

Birth : January 18, 1979

What I would rather see, what I think would be the best outcome, is a very close relationship between the United Kingdom and the E.U.

Leo Varadkar

I hope the unionist parties, for example, who would be keen to protect and preserve the Union would see that it's much easier to do that if the U.K. stays within the Customs Union and the Single Market, because that would take away the need for any special arrangement, or bespoke solution, for Northern Ireland.

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One of the big problems in Dail Eireann is the lack of women.

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I miss being able to have a drink in my local pub, which I can't do anymore, or being able to go to the shops without every second person staring at me and looking at my basket to see what I'm buying.

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I think there should be a law that would allow the Oireachtas to take pensions away from people. That would go for corrupt politicians; it would go for public servants who failed miserably or were incompetent.

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I'll demand of myself and my own government what, in the past, I insisted of others.

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It's up to American citizens to decide who they elect as president.

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We will, of course, work with whoever Americans decide to elect as president.

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What are these better deals the U.K. really wants from Europe and other countries? Some more clarity would be helpful.

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It's fair to say that the policy and character of my government would be, or the government which I lead, would be very different to that of President Trump.

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Enda Kenny has the full support of the Fine Gael parliamentary party.

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We can't have a government that will collapse in three months.

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I have enormous respect for people who come from a strong family background in Fine Gael.

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Fine Gael is the party of opportunity, and no matter what background you come from, we give people a chance, and it gave me a chance.

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I keep my private life to myself, and that's going to continue.

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I always think that friends and family are off-bounds. I went into politics; they didn't.

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I just want people to know that whatever decisions are made on any issue, I'll make them according to what I believe is in the public interest and my own conscience.

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I won't be allowing my own background or my own sexual orientation to dictate the decisions that I make.

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Those of us who are in the centre believe in opening up to the world, believe migration on balance is a good thing if it is managed properly, and believe that multilateralism is the best way to solve problems.

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If Britain doesn't stay in the Single Market or Customs Union, we are very much in favor of a free trade agreement between the U.K. and Europe. We don't want Britain to be punished for its decision to leave, and it is not in our interests for Britain to be punished because we may be the ones who lose out as much if not more than them.

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