Direct Speech, Energy, EU – Baltic States, Financial Services, Forum

“What can one say after an introduction like that?”

“So one can only express ones appreciation for having friends like you Mr. Ambassador, people who have been in the front lines who have been struggling to make this country.”

“I feel very much at home here in Bratislava, it is not only a beautiful European city but it is also a testament to what these people can be.”

“It is also nice to see here some people who were not central at the time but have become leaders in the subsequent decades and are shaping a new Europe and central Europe.”

“What can the central European’s contributed and beyond that what is American’s role and what it ought to be?”

“What is the central mission of the west in the world today?”

“What would be the situation today if central Europe had remained excluded from NATO?”

“As we all know fences made for far better neighbors.”

“America soon let itself be drawn into the Middle East.”

“Europe’s main problem is that today’s European Union is more of banks than of people.”

“Europe’s lack of global ambitions makes for alliance on America and makes for the American public more skeptical of Europe”.

“Inclination to view the European Union as a piggy bank.”

“If we are to be fair in our historical judgments it is our shared responsibility of all Europeans and Americans.”

“When America and Europe are more organically linked across the Atlantic through NATO.”

“During the last twenty five years the world has changed dramatically.”

“In the 21st century the great threat is not a tyrannical hegemony but the tyranny of global chaos. “

“It can shape a new balance between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceanic regions.”

“That the west has a relevant message for humanities self-governance.”

“ Together I am sure we can do it.”

 “If problems not addressed the west will deteriorate.”

“I am now a skeptic I was a supporter.” (In regard to President Obama).