“So this seemed like a golden opportunity to .... get rid of Jeremy Corbyn! Because, apparently, it was all his fault!”
“To rally behind the immigrant and refugee populations while handling a widely antagonistic white working class base entails significantly new tactics.”
"Being Greek, I have been feeling pessimistic about the future of the EU for some time now."
“Politicians recognise that serious, informed debate does not translate into votes, so the primary focus is on finding a scapegoat, not a solution.”
Positive momentum for a stronger and better Europe is a process that could start in Britain. Remarks to European Parliament, expanded version, June 30, 2016
"They can hardly call for a General Election. For they will have to state in their Manifesto whether they intend to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty."
“Do not uproot their belonging to a diverse multicultural country, whose real problems are not the immigrants but the politicians you elected and their neoliberal policies.”
“Focusing too heavily on the « national identity » model has hindered European leaders from finding alternative ways for constructing a sense of community that has respect for Europe’s growing diversity.”
The EU’s feigned compassion for the deaths of migrants at sea only serves to hide the perpetuation of the lethal policies that have led to them in the first place.
“You can’t make them change; the only thing we can change is ourselves.”
"Ultimately, it was this wave of anger and disillusion that decided this election."
"The irony of the BREXIT referendum result is that it may well move the UK towards a federal Britain based on clear principles of mutual accountability and shared decision-making."
