And I say things very frankly to you, and this is what all we European leaders believe and think.
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We believe that the United Kingdom is stronger as a result of its European Union membership, and we believe the European Union is stronger as a result of having the United Kingdom in the EU. So that's -- our views on this are very clear.
Had we used the European model, we'd be like that car without the tires: still speeding down the driveway.
If we had European gas-mileage standards, that would be the case now.
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While we expect European demand to eventually pick up 2013 onward, the current scenario may lead to a further decline in sales from Europe than we currently anticipate.
We think European value stocks are a bit cheap.
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"We were one of the last European countries to decriminalise suicide - we were way behind our European counterparts, " Dr Simone says.
We could reinforce the European commitment - we could say that what really matters is equal opportunities for as many people as possible so that we provide something that is good enough for everyone and is affordable to as many people as possible.
If we start now with European free zones, we could save the euro zone and return some much needed free market liberalism and optimism to that moribund continent.
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Just as we expect our European allies to support us when our security is imperiled, so we must support them.
We need a restructuring of European debt, we need to see entitlement reform here in the U.S. and job creating incentives from policy makers.
"We're quite fortunate in the European Space Agency we've got a good track record of assigning our astronauts, " he said.
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"But I pointed out to him that Turkey is an aspiring member of the European Union and we do want Turkey to join the European Union, all political parties here in great Britain are in favour, " he said.
Of large countries, we rank second only to Canada, and we beat the European Union average.
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We and our European partners agree that path will lead to international isolation and progressively stronger political and economic sanctions.
Singapore has concluded that we cannot afford European-style state welfare, not because of dogma, but because our circumstances are different.
First, on the economy: We, the European Union and the United States, have the strongest trade and economic relationship in the world.
We bring to those consultations a certain amount of wisdom through experience that we hope our European allies and friends find helpful as they chart their course.
Based on 2001 and 2008 episodes of financial crisis, we know that European phone buyers tend to react more rapidly and violently to financial turmoil than American consumers.
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Rather, it is whether we want a European-style welfare state.
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So we had an extensive discussion about how do we strengthen the European project generally in a way that does not harm world economic growth, but instead moves it forward.
"We want the European Union to be a partner but it is important to hold a mature and discreet dialogue and not to resort to public declarations, " Rafi Barak reportedly told diplomats, according to a report in Haaretz.
Not only has the U.S. benefited from a fluid labor market in recent decades, but now we see in European GDPs the apparent payoff from an opening to industrious newcomers, especially from the former Soviet bloc (see our recent report from the U.K.).
And that's why all the leaders, President Obama chief among them, along with his colleagues at the G20, are very focused on making sure that we stand behind European leaders as they address and solve their crisis, and also on ensuring there's growth.
But we're looking at the experience of other European countries, we've travelled extensively.
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"We stood on a manifesto that we would rework our relations with the European Union, that we would have a renegotiation, " he said.
We continue to work with our European partners --the President does, Secretary Geithner does, others involved in this area do -- and we continue to monitor the progress that European leaders are making towards ensuring that the right measures are taken and are in place to stabilize that situation and bring it to a decisive conclusion.
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