The proposal for a new global reserve currency - or Special Drawing Rights - is a good idea for many reasons. Yes,… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
Europe's financial system is fragmented, although the gap in funding costs for banks within the euro area is no longer as wide… — Mario Draghi Copy Share Image
Our problem as a country is that most of us do not want to join the euro, and we wish to stay… — John Redwood Copy Share Image
It is true that no member state can be required to make payments to others. But if countries want to offer voluntary… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
I just don't accept that there is a trade off between trade and democracy ... what we've got now is an institution… — Ruth Davidson Copy Share Image
This is also evident in Europe, not the dependence on oil and gas, but the fact that structural reforms are long overdue,… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Germans tend to forget now that the euro was largely a Franco-German creation. No country has benefited more from the euro than… — George Soros Copy Share Image
At the outset of the creation of the euro in 1999, it was expected that the southern eurozone economies would behave like… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Europe and the euro zone have no reason, rationally, to push Greece out of the euro. But this is a system in… — Evangelos Venizelos Copy Share Image
This will provide an engine, an example that will allow Europe to go faster, further and better. — Jacques Chirac Copy Share Image
A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone. — Jean-Pierre Raffarin Copy Share Image
The euro is a great achievement. It's a symbolic achievement. But, the European constitution was a missed opportunity. — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share Image
A national currency, with the Euro as a common currency - that wouldn't bother me. — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
The euro will raise the citizens' awareness of their belonging to one Europe more than any other integration step to date. — Gerhard Schroder Copy Share Image
I place the blame with our own leaders who are not defending our interests. A strong euro is ruining our economy. — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
The fusion (of economic functions) would compel nations to fuse their sovereignty into that of a single European State. — Jean Monnet Copy Share Image
We need to put in place an economic system of governance for the euro-zone. — Francois Fillon Copy Share Image
“the euro, it seems, is stuck in a political no man's land – trapped between two opposing world views. And the battleground… — Martin Cohen Copy Share Image
I am sure the euro will oblige us to introduce a new set of economic policy instruments. It is politically impossible to… — Romano Prodi Copy Share Image
Couture was only for rich people. Givenchy was for rich people. A bag cost 5,000 euro; a coat cost 10,000 euro. In… — Riccardo Tisci Copy Share Image
After all, an overvalued dollar gives us the ability to buy foreign goods at lower prices. And the existing volume of exports… — Martin Feldstein Copy Share Image
The Eurozone die is cast. Countries must withdraw from the euro so that governments can create their own money once again, and… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
Euro-Country' is the name I've given to the pain of the loss of community that has happened over the last twenty to… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I have had situations in the past when you are close to signing a player and the money involved switches from euros… — Alan Pardew Copy Share Image
Interest rates do not have to be identical across the whole euro area, but it is unacceptable if major differences arise from… — Mario Draghi Copy Share Image
I'm a pessimist about the euro, but not about Europe. So the southern periphery, Spain, Italy, Greece, leave - Italy might be… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power? In other words, not… — Romano Prodi Copy Share Image
I would describe that [friendship with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras] as a utilitarian friendship. At the time, his country was facing… — Jean-Claude Juncker Copy Share Image
In Holland, pensions were cut. The public health services for elderly people were cut. Enormous asocial tough measures. And at the same… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
If you go back to the Euro campaign in 1999, how many chief executives and chairmen of FTSE 100 companies were speaking… — Dominic Cummings Copy Share Image
At the time of the formation of the euro, I would say most American economists said that's not a good idea; that's… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
This is the joint responsibility of everyone who was involved in the introduction of the euro without understanding the consequences. When the… — George Soros Copy Share Image
As a wheelchair user, you can't move about freely. That's the only thing that bothers me a little. When I'm in the… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
![“I would describe that [friendship with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras] as a utilitarian friendship. At the time, his country was facing the prospect of leaving the euro zone and many Greeks felt abandoned by Europe. In such a situation, it seemed appropriate to me to present myself as a…” quote by Jean-Claude Juncker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0bc/jean-claude-juncker-3277_abandoned_i-would-describe-that-friendship-with-gr_2484846.jpg)
