Adoption Quote by Jean-Claude Trichet

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

It is the entire euro zone system which is under threat at the moment, not just a few small countries anymore... Our euro is…

— Iveta Radicova

The Eurozone allows for the largely unimpeded movement of people, goods, services, and capital across borders. It has also resulted in unprecedented cooperation on…

— Pete Hoekstra

We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would…

— Jean-Pierre Raffarin

The reserve currency role seems to add prestige to an area and some people in Europe have talked about the desirability of the euro…

— Robert C. Solomon

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

“There's another element in the euro crisis, another weakness of a shared currency, that took many people, myself included, by surprise. It turns out…

— Paul Krugman

Europe and the euro zone have no reason, rationally, to push Greece out of the euro. But this is a system in which many…

— Evangelos Venizelos

I work in lockstep, hand in glove, with the prime minister on these issues, and as we are supportive to the Eurozone so they…

— Nick Clegg

While monetary policy affects foreign exchange, it also has a major impact on the burden of interest payments by small- and medium-sized enterprises.

— Fumio Kishida

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 euro is not a currency. It is a political weapon to force countries to implement the policies decided by the E.U. and keep…

— Marine Le Pen