Top 27 Quotes by Peter Mandelson

What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.

I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal architects of New Labour and I have worked closely with Tony Blair and the team for nearly 20 years.

We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization.

Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain.

I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn't be set back.

Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will stagnate for the foreseeable future and we will be dealing with quite a lot of internal chaos.

Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.

Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.

I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one.