Burden Quote by George Soros

This goes back to the main challenge we are facing, because Europe at the moment is not competitive. We have many imbalances and my…

— Mark Rutte

There was a real fear that a euro-zone bank might fail, that we'd have a sovereign debt problem in one of the larger European…

— George Osborne

Southern Europe has not done enough to enhance its competitiveness, while northern Europe has not done enough to boost demand. Debt burdens remain crushing,…

— Barry Eichengreen

Italy may well be the main problem. It has benefited most from the euro by having been able to get the euro interest rate…

— Milton Friedman

The challenges some European economies have are such that it makes it very difficult for them. You have to go where the growth is.

— Martin Sorrell

The EU is mired in deep structural crisis. Greece, Portugal and Ireland cannot survive inside the Euro.

— Nigel Farage

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

— Francois Hollande

I'm not trying to be diplomatic. I'm trying to be more nuanced and realistic. I think there has to be a serious examination of…

— Stephen Harper

We won't make the weak stronger by making the strong weaker, as a very wise man once said. That applies to the economy as…

— Mario Draghi

The economic crisis has weakened the EU for years.

— Yanis Varoufakis

My operating assumption is we will always have very tough competition. And even with some European banks struggling right now, some of them can…

— Jamie Dimon

Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will stagnate for the foreseeable future and we will be…

— Peter Mandelson