Romano Prodi Europe Quotations

it was a very sad day for Macedonia that loses a wise and balanced leader. A very sad day for the Balkan region for whose integration he had spent so much effort. And a very sad day for Europe that loses a friend and a supporter of the values of tolerance on which our union is based.

the Europe of today is the not the Europe of the 1930s and 1940s.

If you don't want to call it a European army, don't call it a European army. You can call it 'Margaret', you can call it 'Mary-Anne', you can find any name, but it is a joint effort for peace-keeping missions - the first time you have a joint, not bilateral, effort at European level.

Moreover, resolving the mother of all problems - the Israeli-Palestinian question - requires cooperation between Europe and the U.S.

We have to give ourselves a constitution which marks the birth of Europe as a political entity.

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe.