There is no better protection against the euro crisis than…

If we do not resolve the euro crisis, we will all pay the price. And if we do resolve it, we will all benefit,…

— Mario Draghi

At the outset of the creation of the euro in 1999, it was expected that the southern eurozone economies would behave like those in…

— Alan Greenspan

Tunisia is extremely dependent on economic conditions in Europe, which is why it also experienced shockwaves from the euro crisis.

— Alvaro de Vasconcelos

“There's another element in the euro crisis, another weakness of a shared currency, that took many people, myself included, by surprise. It turns out…

— Paul Krugman

Germany has acted effectively during the euro crisis. It needs to build on this to engage in other spheres too.

— Joachim Gauck

“Greece's bailout, then Ireland's, then Portgual's, then Spain's were primarily rescue packages for French and German banks.”

— Yanis Varoufakis

When the next big problem comes online, be it the Euro crisis, nuclear proliferation, an overstretched Internet, a killer flu, or any of the…

— John L. Casti

In 50 years, no one will care about the fiscal cliff or the Euro crisis. They'll just ask, "So the Arctic melted, and then…

— Bill McKibben

In Southern Europe, we have, of course, very bad governments.

— Gore Vidal

“Italy is in southern Europe, on the northern side of the Mediterranean Sea. Within its borders are a glorious array of landscapes. In the…

— Jean F. Blashfield

I traveled for about a year and a half through the southern part of Europe, to Portugal, Spain, parts of Morocco, and then down…

— Melody Gardot

Southern Europe has not done enough to enhance its competitiveness, while northern Europe has not done enough to boost demand. Debt burdens remain crushing,…

— Barry Eichengreen

“We are, a lot of the time, baffled by the news we see on the front pages of our newspapers, often because the stories…

— Nick Hornby

“The euro crisis showed that the euro zone needs a banking union, which centralises a lot of power. And the best hope of growth…

— Anonymous

The Franco-German tandem at the core of post-war European integration has become lopsided. Relations between Berlin and Paris are unusually poor, with some French…

— Zanny Minton Beddoes