Who are Europe's creative renegades? Who is the boldest political entrepreneur? My thumbs up for @GuyVerhofstadt #SoU2014 #EUdebate2014

'We cannot have trade agreement w US unless we get credible assurance on data and privacy protection' @GuyVerhofstadt #SoU2014 #EUdebate2014

'We have made dramatic changes in the area of Common Agricultural Policy in 2013' - Really??! @JunckerEU #SoU2014 #EUdebate2014

#SoU2014 @JunckerEU @GuyVerhofstadt @josebove @MartinSchulz all agree with @StandUpUSEurope & @eufederalists: we need 1 army & 1diplomaaticy

'European Foreign and Security Policy only as strong as member states want it to be!' @MartinSchulz #SoU2014 #EUdebate2014

'Need bolder sanctions against Russia to give citizens of #Ukraine chance to live in stable conditions' @GuyVerhofstadt #SoU2014

'You need a second track in response to the crisis: a growth strategy!' @GuyVerhofstadt #SoU2014 #EUdebate2014

'The problem w current Commission is the leadership! Commission must not be secretariat of Council. It must lead.' @GuyVerhofstadt #SoU2014

'Build four teams of Commissioners: external action, economic & finance, home & justice, and Com presidency' @GuyVerhofstadt #SoU2014

'Economic policy priorities: fiscal consolidation, promote digital economy, and complete common market' @JunckerEU #SoU2014 #EUdebate2014

'Competition of candidates is likely to increase voter turnout' @GuyVerhofstadt #SoU2014 #EUdebate2014

'Since when is the voter turnout the measure of legitimacy?!' @MartinSchulz #SoU2014 #EUdebate2014

Candidates appeal to #EU member states to appoint one of them after elections to promote EU democratic legitimacy #SoU2014 #EUdebate2014

#Weiler asks @josebove and @GuyVerhofstadt who they will support after elections - @MartinSchulz or @JunckerEU? No answers! #SoU2014

'Need for political answers instead of technocratic answers to crisis - let's have a political Commission' @josebove #SoU2014

'We are still in the middle of the crisis - more Europe and more integration is the right response' @GuyVerhofstadt #SoU2014

Checking on the Commission Presidency candidates at #SoU2014 . @GuyVerhofstadt @JunckerEU @MartinSchulz @josebove

'Putin developed smart way to fight 21st century war in #Ukraine with combination of special forces and propaganda' @georgesoros #SoU2014

'The financial crisis is over. The #euro is here to stay. Financial markets in a state of euphoria' - @georgesoros #SoU2014

Soros: Crisis has been terribly mismanaged - created unnecessary human suffering. But now we need to look ahead. #SoU2014

Renzi: To those who want to leave the #EURO I say 'we need Europe more than ever' #SoU2014

Renzi: Italian Council Presidency will support #TTIP negotiations - we are not afraid of opening up to the world! #SoU2014

Renzi: We need an industrial Rennaissance and more incentives for those who diligently implement their national reforms. #SoU2014

Renzi: Fighting unemployment will be at the centre of Italian Council Presidency agenda. #SoU2014

De Gucht: Europe's future not determined by govt favors for audiovisual sector but by solutions to challenges of digital economy. #SoU2014

De Gucht: 'EU fiscal consolidation will be under pressure once economies start growing again - need courage to resist temptations' #SoU2014

De Gucht: 'The only way to prevent another banking crisis is European instead of national banking supervision' #SoU2014

De Gucht: 'Can the European economy grow without trade? Impossible! Those who oppose freer trade are against Europe'. #SoU2014 @EuropeanUni

De Gucht: 'We are not negotiating #TTIP in secrecy - a lie by NGO's who are fundamentally opposed to free trade' #SoU2014

Karel de Gucht: 'Populism has roots in tectonic changes at the global level - address them proactively through common governance' #SoU2014