Europe Quote by Bernard Connolly

The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.

— Gerhard Schroder

Giving Northern Europe a veto over Southern Europe's budgets will not hold a monetary union together. The euro zone will continue to need the…

— Austan Goolsbee

Monetary union must be oriented towards the needs of citizens and must balance the principles of responsibility and solidarity more effectively.

— Giuseppe Conte

After choosing monetary union, further political union and workable governance in Europe was always going to be necessary.

— Najib Razak

“The monetary union tries to handle two groups of countries which differ greatly in terms of economic culture. First, the North-West European countries […]…

— Frits Bolkestein

The euro is a vital issue for Germany. There is no other country that derives as much benefit from the common domestic market and…

— Peer Steinbruck

It is obvious that the monetary union among 17 very different European countries does not work. As an economist, I know that the Eurozone…

— Vaclav Klaus

I'm a firm believer in the monetary union.

— Wolfgang Schauble

We already have a federation. The 11, soon to be 12, member States adopting the euro have already given up part of their sovereignty,…

— Joschka Fischer

The economic union - creating a big common market, like the United States, so that you can compete across borders. There are common rules,…

— Jamie Dimon

I don't understand why the Euro-sceptics think monetary union will lead to a federal Europe. It seems to me that the opposite is the…

— Harry Enfield

The goal of European unification can only be achieved if everyone participates, perhaps with exceptions in some areas. Not all countries are part of…

— Wolfgang Schauble