Quotes by Peter Mandelson

About Peter Mandelson:

Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson is a British Labour politician, president of international think tank Policy Network and Chairman of strategic advisory firm Global Counsel. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, and served in a number of Cabinet positions under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He was also the European Commissioner for Trade between 2004 and 2008.
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I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.

Peter Mandelson

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.

Peter Mandelson

I'm a fighter, not a quitter.

Peter Mandelson

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

Peter Mandelson

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.

Peter Mandelson

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

Peter Mandelson

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.

Peter Mandelson

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

Peter Mandelson

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.

Peter Mandelson

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

Peter Mandelson

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

Peter Mandelson

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.

Peter Mandelson

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

Peter Mandelson

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

Peter Mandelson

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.

Peter Mandelson

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

Peter Mandelson

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

Peter Mandelson

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

Peter Mandelson

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.

Peter Mandelson

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

Peter Mandelson

Author Bio

  • NamePeter Mandelson
  • DescriptionProminent British Labour politician and spin doctor
  • BornOctober 21, 1953
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician