Central bank Quote by Jacques Santer

It is virtually impossible for what you are voting on to remain as it is currently. There could be huge changes to the treaty…

— Nigel Farage

The treaties of the European Union say that, once a country has decided to leave, then they are excluded from the treaty after two…

— David Lidington

The position of EU commissioner for economic and monetary affairs could be combined with the office of Euro Group chairman. That job would be…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

Treaties exist so that they will be adhered to. It only serves to strengthen euroskepticism when we constantly make promises and reach agreements that…

— Wolfgang Schauble

It's not too late to stop the Lisbon Treaty.

— William Hague

Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. Believe me, it will be enough.

— Mario Draghi

At the same time the Constitution sets in stone the Stability Pact and risks preventing member States from implementing a policy of growth. So…

— Laurent Fabius

Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change is as…

— Nick Clegg

We need to move forward, from the common currency to the banking union to a common financial policy and, in the middle-term, to a…

— Paolo Gentiloni

I think that Europe has to get its act together very quickly. The Belgian guy who's leading the negotiations against Brexit, he sees it…

— Irvine Welsh

The Treaty of Lisbon gave the European parliament a stronger role as co-legislator and the European Council its own president. Furthermore, the treaty introduced…

— Frans Timmermans

As a general matter, if the president wants to withdraw from a treaty, he simply gets to do that. And that's part of the…

— Benjamin Wittes