A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone. — Jean-Pierre Raffarin Copy Share Image
We need to put in place an economic system of governance for the euro-zone. — Francois Fillon Copy Share Image
A country outside the euro zone cannot have a veto over countries in the euro zone. — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
After the accession to the euro zone, interest rates declined substantially in Portugal. — Anibal Cavaco Silva Copy Share Image
It is virtually impossible for what you are voting on to remain as it is currently. There could be huge changes to… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
Across the continent, political divisions are deepening. For all of these reasons, the specter of a euro zone collapse has not been… — Barry Eichengreen Copy Share Image
As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely disrupt its… — Barry Eichengreen Copy Share Image
In the end, the politics of the euro zone weren't strong enough to create a fully integrated fiscal union with a common… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
It is the entire euro zone system which is under threat at the moment, not just a few small countries anymore... Our… — Iveta Radicova Copy Share Image
The Greek people do not want to exit the euro. And I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
We are keen to stress that a strong euro zone is good for a strong United Kingdom. It's not for us to… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
In both the U.S. and Europe, the budget and balance sheet numbers do not work. When 'off-balance sheet' promises are taken into… — Paul Singer Copy Share Image
Giving Northern Europe a veto over Southern Europe's budgets will not hold a monetary union together. The euro zone will continue to… — Austan Goolsbee Copy Share Image
There was a real fear that a euro-zone bank might fail, that we'd have a sovereign debt problem in one of the… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
The euro zone was driven by the neoliberal view that markets are always efficient. That in itself is political. There was no… — Joseph Stiglitz Copy Share Image
I think sometimes Europe may take for granted the extraordinary progress that's been made over the last 40, 50 years. I recognize… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Germany has always stood for an E.U. of the 27 countries. But in light of Britain's continued resistance to further integration steps,… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
The euro zone must strike for a better governance structure, and there is no alternative to that. Euro zone countries must either… — Lou Jiwei Copy Share Image
First of all, Greece won't go down. We're talking about a country that is capable of making change. Europe will not allow… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
“The euro crisis showed that the euro zone needs a banking union, which centralises a lot of power. And the best hope… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The key problem is the debt restructuring in the euro zone. As long as the debt burden is not reduced, there is… — George Soros Copy Share Image
Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
Greece is a medium-sized country in Europe. Our debt accounts for only 2.5 percent of the total of all members of the… — Evangelos Venizelos Copy Share Image
Businesses will only invest in Greece if three conditions are fulfilled. First, there must be a clear commitment to the euro. No… — Martin Schulz Copy Share Image
If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future, you'll have a whole range of nationalist,… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
We [European countries] probably need to move forward together, each at their own speed. The faster ones, that could be the countries… — Paolo Gentiloni Copy Share Image
There's no more place in the euro zone for well-meaning laxness when dealing with deficits and failings. If the demands on Greece… — Peer Steinbruck Copy Share Image
Germany benefits the most from the European Union because Germany is, by far, the biggest exporter into the Euro Zone, and therefore,… — Joe Kaeser 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
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
Part of the concept of the euro zone was to establish a common market. The banks were going to bank across all… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
You've got some very powerful countries: Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and others who have a genuine desire to see the euro… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
If we were the problem, it would be very convenient - kick Greece out, everything's fine. What would happen to Spain, what… — George Papandreou Copy Share Image
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