Quotes by Peter Mandelson

• What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe.
• In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.
• 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.
• The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.
• They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict.
• Too often we think we can act without explaining and take decisions without justifying them.
• What is most important for Europe is economic growth and jobs, security at home and safety 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain.
• I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in this.
• Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.
• Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world.
• 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.
• I certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation.
• I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one.
• I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.
• 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.
• 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.
• I'm a fighter, not a quitter.