“Now, you're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.”

— Donald Rumsfeld

As quoted in "Outrage at 'old Europe' remarks" in BBC News (23 January 2003) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2687403.stm <br class="br">2000s

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“Now, you're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.”

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