1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. Guy Verhofstadt

Guy Verhofstadt Quotes

Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt is a Belgian liberal politician and an advocate of a Federal Europe. He is a former prime minister of Belgium. He has been a member of the European Parliament from Belgium since 2009.

He was a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1985 to 2009. He served as deputy prime minister of Belgium and minister of Budget from 1985 to 1992. He was the prime minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008. During this period, he gradually moved away from neoliberalism and became more of a centrist figure.

In the European Parliament, he was the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 2009 to 2019. In 2010, he co-founded the inter-parliamentarian Spinelli Group to support the creation of a European Federation. He was the ALDE Party nominee for President of the European Commission in the 2014 European Parliament election. He served as the European Parliament's Brexit Coordinator and Chair of the Brexit Steering Group from 2016 to 2020. Wikipedia  

✵ 11. April 1953
Guy Verhofstadt photo
Guy Verhofstadt: 6 quotes0 likes

Famous Guy Verhofstadt Quotes

“The only winners from a Brexit would be Nigel Farage and Vladimir Putin; who would relish a divided Europe.”

Guy Verhofstadt

Guy Verhofstadt’s 7 best Brexit burns https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-negotiator-guy-verhofstadts-7-best-brexit-burns/ (Quoted in August 2016; Said in February 2016) <br class="br">2016

“There is only one pro-European party in Britain and it is the Lib Dems.”

Guy Verhofstadt

Liberal Democrats are &#x27;only pro-European party in Britain&#x27;, Guy Verhofstadt says https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/liberal-democrats-brexit-eu-guy-verhofstadt-pro-remain-european-elections-a8907986.html (10 May 2019) <br class="br">2019

“I think there will be huge support for Remain – that’s very clear. We’re going to see it... I’m pretty sure that there will be great support and certainly for the most pro-European party: the Lib Dems.”

Guy Verhofstadt

Liberal Democrats are &#x27;only pro-European party in Britain&#x27;, Guy Verhofstadt says https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/liberal-democrats-brexit-eu-guy-verhofstadt-pro-remain-european-elections-a8907986.html (10 May 2019) <br class="br">2019

“If the UK doesn’t pay what is due, the EU will not negotiate a trade deal.”

Guy Verhofstadt

Boris Johnson news – live: EU &#x27;will block trade deal&#x27; if UK refuses to pay £39bn divorce bill, as No 10 warns MPs they can&#x27;t stop no-deal https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-news-live-brexit-speech-g7-press-conference-latest-a9078836.html (26 August 2019) <br class="br">2019

“I wanted to be sure that there would be no automatic deportation for people after that period because it can be people who are very vulnerable”

Guy Verhofstadt

Said after gaining assurances from the UK government that EU citizens would not be deported if they failed to apply for settled status before the UK leaves the EU. Brexit: UK has ruled out automatic deportation of EU citizens, says Verhofstadt https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/17/uk-rules-out-automatic-deportation-of-eu-citizens-verhofstadt-brexit (17 January 2020) <br class="br">2020

“[Brexit] is stupidity for a country with 53 percent of its exports going to the Continent and to the rest of Europe. It’s even so stupid that Britain’s best friends, the U.S., don’t understand it all.”

Guy Verhofstadt

Guy Verhofstadt’s 7 best Brexit burns https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-negotiator-guy-verhofstadts-7-best-brexit-burns/ (Quoted in August 2016; Said in January 2013) <br class="br">2013

Similar authors

Golda Meir photo
Golda Meir38
former prime minister of Israel None
Vladimir Putin photo
Vladimir Putin110
President of Russia, former Prime Minister None
Indíra Gándhí photo
Indíra Gándhí35
Indian politician and Prime Minister None
Winston S. Churchill photo
Winston S. Churchill601
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom None
Jawaharlal Nehru photo
Jawaharlal Nehru110
Indian lawyer, statesman, and writer, first Prime Minister … None
Margaret Thatcher photo
Margaret Thatcher348
British stateswoman and politician None
Václav Klaus photo
Václav Klaus3
2nd President of the Czech Republic None
Fidel Castro photo
Fidel Castro77
former First Secretary of the Communist Party and President… None
Benito Mussolini photo
Benito Mussolini127
Duce and President of the Council of Ministers of Italy. Le… None
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk photo
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk38
Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and the first Presiden… None