John Vinocur

“Europe has chosen to be a global payer, not a global player.”

“France is a country where the money falls apart in your hands and you can't tear the toilet paper.”

“The basic notion that the EU is a force for peace in itself is a crock. It’s a crock when it’s measured against the real world.”

“For the French, an intellectual is someone who is on the left. The very definition of an intellectual is to be on the left.”

“The Germans want to be a big Switzerland. An economic giant but a political dwarf.”

“There is a kind of institutionalized anti-Americanism in France that is a component of the national identity.”

“Sarkozy is a combination of De Gaulle and Woody Allen.”