I think that on June 1 we will have another deadlock, perhaps we will take a step forward in terms of what we can offer the Americans. It could be that we move towards quotas. Everything is open, but it's difficult.

Jean Asselborn

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Recognising Palestine as a state would be neither a favour nor a carte blanche but rather a mere recognition of the right of the Palestinian people to its own state, it would not be meant against Israel.

Independently of the name of the new prime minister, the deal is on the table. It is to take or to leave.

We have to try to create conditions to reassure our citizens that all we are doing in these negotiations will not diminish or dilute the competencies of the parliaments, or the governments and that we will stick to high standards on both sides concerning he rights of the consumers ... labor standards and environmental standards, it's a bumpy road ahead, but ... I think there is on both sides the political will to find the best outcome.

We have to negotiate a very, very strong and effective relationsh... by Jean Asselborn

We have to negotiate a very, very strong and effective relationship between both of us.

We have no policy any more. We are heading into anarchy. by Jean Asselborn

We have no policy any more. We are heading into anarchy.

The outlook is gloomy ... We have no policy any more. We are heading into anarchy, our credibility is in doubt, and that is very bad for Schengen and the European Union.

We have big problems in Serbia and Macedonia, for example, and it hasn't been possible for Frontex to help there up until now but that will become possible.

It won't be the Chinese or the Russians sending us the people to do the border controls - it has to be Europeans ... and I would even say countries with no external borders should be a lot more strongly involved.

We have to make sure that consumers can distinguish products that come from territories occupied by Israel, we are just applying international rules.