--- title: "4 Jean-Claude Trichet Quotes - Famous Economist" description: "French economist and central banker... | Jean-Claude Anne-Marie Louis Trichet is a French economist and senior official who was President of the Europea..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b099/author-jean-claude-trichet-65698.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jean-Claude Trichet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b099/author-jean-claude-trichet-65698.jpg) # Jean-Claude Trichet (1942) Economist **4** quotes in **40** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jean-Claude Trichet is an economist. ## Quick Facts About Jean-Claude Trichet Born December 20, 1942 Profession Economist ## About Jean-Claude Trichet French economist and central banker... \| Jean-Claude Anne-Marie Louis Trichet is a French economist and senior official who was President of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 2004 to 2011. Previous to his assumption of the presidency he was Governor of the Bank of France from 1993 to 2004. ## Quotes by Jean-Claude Trichet > [ The \[EU\] Council of Ministers will have far more power over the budgets of member states than the federal government in the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-trichet/the-eu-council-of-ministers-will-have-far-more-power-over-the-budgets/) Jean-Claude Trichet [Budgets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/budgets/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/jean-claude-trichet-65698_budgets_the-eu-council-of-ministers-will-have-fa_245488.png) > [I see that a number of persons might consider it appropriate to take the ECB as a possible scapegoat and I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-trichet/i-see-that-a-number-of-persons-might-consider-it-appropriate-to-take/) Jean-Claude Trichet [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d19/jean-claude-trichet-65698_appropriate_i-see-that-a-number-of-persons-might-con_1293689.png) > [For a small open economy such as Cyprus, the euro adoption provides protection against international financial turmoil, which often has a disproportionate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-trichet/for-a-small-open-economy-such-as-cyprus-the-euro-adoption-provides/) Jean-Claude Trichet [Adoption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoption/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/jean-claude-trichet-65698_adoption_for-a-small-open-economy-such-as-cyprus_1874659.png) > [I think we have to reflect on a treaty change that would permit more than surveillance, with recommendations and appropriate sanctions. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-trichet/i-think-we-have-to-reflect-on-a-treaty-change-that-would-permit-more/) Jean-Claude Trichet [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/jean-claude-trichet-65698_appropriate_i-think-we-have-to-reflect-on-a-treaty-c_2474948.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-claude-trichet/#itemlist", "name": "Jean-Claude Trichet Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The [EU] Council of Ministers will have far more power over the budgets of member states than the federal government in the United States has over the budget of Texas.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean-Claude Trichet" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-trichet/the-eu-council-of-ministers-will-have-far-more-power-over-the-budgets/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/jean-claude-trichet-65698_budgets_the-eu-council-of-ministers-will-have-fa_245488.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/jean-claude-trichet-65698_budgets_the-eu-council-of-ministers-will-have-fa_245488.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c1/jean-claude-trichet-65698_budgets_the-eu-council-of-ministers-will-have-fa_245488.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The [EU] Council of Ministers will have far more power over the budgets of member states than the federal…” — Jean-Claude Trichet", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I see that a number of persons might consider it appropriate to take the ECB as a possible scapegoat and I think that is not the case at all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean-Claude Trichet" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-trichet/i-see-that-a-number-of-persons-might-consider-it-appropriate-to-take/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d19/jean-claude-trichet-65698_appropriate_i-see-that-a-number-of-persons-might-con_1293689.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d19/jean-claude-trichet-65698_appropriate_i-see-that-a-number-of-persons-might-con_1293689.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d19/jean-claude-trichet-65698_appropriate_i-see-that-a-number-of-persons-might-con_1293689.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I see that a number of persons might consider it appropriate to take the ECB as a possible scapegoat and I…” — Jean-Claude Trichet", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For a small open economy such as Cyprus, the euro adoption provides protection against international financial turmoil, which often has a disproportionate effect on smaller economies.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jean-Claude Trichet" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-claude-trichet/for-a-small-open-economy-such-as-cyprus-the-euro-adoption-provides/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/jean-claude-trichet-65698_adoption_for-a-small-open-economy-such-as-cyprus_1874659.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/jean-claude-trichet-65698_adoption_for-a-small-open-economy-such-as-cyprus_1874659.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/183/jean-claude-trichet-65698_adoption_for-a-small-open-economy-such-as-cyprus_1874659.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For a small open economy such as Cyprus, the euro adoption provides protection against international…” — Jean-Claude Trichet", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think we have to reflect on a treaty change that would permit more than surveillance, with recommendations and appropriate sanctions. 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