Consolidate Quote by Francois Fillon

Thanks to the euro, our pockets will soon hold solid evidence of a European identity. We need to build on this, and make the…

— Laurent Fabius

Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro.

— Anibal Cavaco Silva

Europe unified its monetary policy through the euro before it unified politically, therefore sustaining member countries' abilities to pursue the kind of independent fiscal…

— Amity Shlaes

What we should be doing in the EU as a whole is more economic integration in the single market, rather than less.

— Nick Clegg

At a time when the European project is facing challenges, it's especially important to show the benefits of economic integration by continuing to invest…

— Barack Obama

We [European countries] probably need to move forward together, each at their own speed. The faster ones, that could be the countries in the…

— Paolo Gentiloni

I can understand countries don't want to join the euro, but they cannot impede the consolidation and strengthening of the eurozone.

— Francois Hollande

To promote the process of European integration, we must improve an institutional mechanism already existing in the European Union, reinforced co-operation, by making it…

— Lionel Jospin

We are entering a new phase of European politics. What is decisive is not only do we have a single currency area, but also…

— Oskar Lafontaine

The euro will raise the citizens' awareness of their belonging to one Europe more than any other integration step to date.

— Gerhard Schroder

I am sure the euro will oblige us to introduce a new set of economic policy instruments. It is politically impossible to propose that…

— Romano Prodi

The Euro is a conquest of sovereignty. It gives us a margin of manoeuvre. Its a tool to help us master globalisation and help…

— Dominique Strauss-Kahn