#eu

Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just trying to get in and you're given so little time to get in gently, but it's always hard. ↗

— William Hurt

#always #arbitrary #capricious #gently #get

More than 50% of significant new regulations that impact on business in the UK now emanate from the EU. ↗

— John Hutton

#emanate #eu #impact #more #new

As Tony Blair has made clear, our fundamental challenge is how to make Europe work better. ↗

— John Hutton

#blair #challenge #clear #europe #fundamental

But let no one be under any doubt that the scale of the challenge that Europe faces in this emerging global economy is immense and the practical pace of our collective action to meet these challenge to date has just been too slow. ↗

— John Hutton

#any #been #challenge #collective #date

But we can turn challenges into opportunities if we look outwards to the realities of the global economy and modernise our internal institutions in ways that will equip Europe to meet that challenge and create confidence amongst the public. ↗

— John Hutton

#challenge #challenges #confidence #create #economy

But we need to show that the EU can modernise itself, can adapt to the needs of its citizens, can take their views into account. That will be our ambition for the UK Presidency. ↗

— John Hutton

#adapt #ambition #citizens #eu #into

For many Europeans the next decade looks to be filled with threats rather than opportunities. ↗

— John Hutton

#europeans #filled #looks #many #next

Our aim, during our Presidency in the next six months will be to lead this challenge, to show that Europe can function in a mature and responsible way, to start delivering tangible results that show we are taking people's concerns seriously. ↗

— John Hutton

#challenge #concerns #delivering #during #europe

Road testing the effects of regulation on European business must become second nature to the European Union. ↗

— John Hutton

#business #effects #european #european union #must

So that we focus not on competing visions for Europe but on what Europe can do to improve economic growth, to give us a cleaner environment, to create more jobs, to make us more secure. ↗

— John Hutton

#competing #create #economic #economic growth #environment