Peter Mandelson Quotations

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict.

For too long, decisions have been taken behind closed doors - tablets of stone have simply been past down to people without bothering to involve people, listen to their views or give them information about what we are doing and why.

The last thing we need is to turn in on ourselves rather than face us up to what we have to do in the world.

Having viewed Europe as an extension and projection of itself, France now finds Europe developing a mind and identity of its own which embraces France but is not controlled by France.

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.

Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to demonstrate that while the growing interdependence of the world economy is indeed a fact, it's not uncontrollable.

What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and safety in the world.

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

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.

If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at a time when we want Europe to be a more effective force for good in the world, when we need to buttress ourselves against the pressures and insecurities of globalization.

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.

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

The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.

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

I certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation.

I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in this.

I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair.

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.

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

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

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

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

I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills.

In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors.

My fear is that in lowering expectations for Hong Kong, we will cause the overall ambition for the round to fall.

Of course, there's an investigation following claims of dumping,

If we do not advance this negotiation in concrete terms this week -- and among ourselves today -- we will have to acknowledge that we may simply run out of time for Hong Kong,

China is not yet qualified to receive the recognition of market economy status by Europe. There are technical criteria which China needs to fulfill, in which it's making progress towards fulfilling.

I don't think people will complain about that, in particular those who bring some perspective to this matter.

If we scale back in Hong Kong, we should not scale back for the round as a whole. It is too important.

I always hesitate to use the term make-or-break, but I think next week will determine whether we can get into the position of making Hong Kong a success or not.

There is no benefit at all for us taking these parochial fights and these past divisions onto the European stage.

have been pushed into a sort of agricultural siding by some very aggressive agricultural producing countries whose interests do not necessarily coincide with the bulk of developing countries.

I accept that it is not possible to go for full modalities (of a detailed outline) at Hong Kong. But that does not mean we can't achieve anything,

It is not possible to go for full modalities (of a detailed outline) at Hong Kong. But that does not mean we can't achieve anything,

It is not possible to go for full modalities at Hong Kong (where a crucial WTO ministerial meeting is to be held next month). But that does not mean we can't achieve anything,

Our meeting has been useful, not in narrowing the differences but in defining them, ... I feel we have done everything we could reasonably be expected to do in agriculture.

We have found a satisfactory and equitable way of dealing with the overshoots in certain of the textile categories,

There is progress in agriculture, even though we are still looking for further commitments from others. However, this progress is not matched in industrial goods or services. This lack of balance is a real problem and points to the ground we need to make up at Hong Kong.

But my (EU) member states will simply not accept further first moves from the EU which are pocketed without parallel moves by others,

The problem has been caused by importers trying to beat the restrictions after the Shanghai Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed on June 10,

continues to keep everything else blocked at the gate, we cannot get to Hong Kong in the shape we need.

Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world.

SA needs to push the G-20 (Group of 20 developing nations) to open their markets.

offered all sorts of positive, well-meaning, in my view misguided, justifications for a stance that is ... backward-looking, inward-looking, protectionist.

Are both sides prepared to persevere with the uncertainty of change?

It sometimes seems to me they won't be satisfied until they have seen proposals implemented that would ... wipe out large sections of agriculture in Europe,

It will be the Commission doing the explaining, nobody else,

not in narrowing differences but in defining them.

I have set in motion procedures to unblock the goods.

I'm prepared to engage with them on this subject, but not in isolation.

I am pleased that the EU and China have been able to resolve this problem with the implementation of the Shanghai agreement in a way that preserves the agreement without unfairly penalizing retailers and importers,

I feel hopeful and confident that the ultimate prize -- stable, inclusive government in Northern Ireland and an unbreakable peace -- will at long last be within our grasp.

I do not exaggerate when I say that the Hong Kong ministerial meeting is on a knife-edge,

The UK must combine its recent success with a dash of humility.

In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy.

Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world.

There is no high-carbon future

I didn't mislead people. I know I didn't lie and I have got to establish that.

Few politicians are good at taking the high ground and throwing themselves off it.

Europe lacks leadership and a sense of mission and too many people don't feel a part of it...

I'm a fighter, not a quitter.

Intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich