Country Quote by Jean-Pierre Raffarin

Germany has always stood for an E.U. of the 27 countries. But in light of Britain's continued resistance to further integration steps, as we…

— Wolfgang Schauble

Across the continent, political divisions are deepening. For all of these reasons, the specter of a euro zone collapse has not been dispatched.

— Barry Eichengreen

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 Greek people do not want to exit the euro. And I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have made major…

— George Papandreou

The euro zone must strike for a better governance structure, and there is no alternative to that. Euro zone countries must either develop an…

— Lou Jiwei

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

As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely disrupt its operation in…

— Barry Eichengreen

We are keen to stress that a strong euro zone is good for a strong United Kingdom. It's not for us to write the…

— Nick Clegg

It is true that no member state can be required to make payments to others. But if countries want to offer voluntary assistance, as…

— Wolfgang Schauble

If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future, you'll have a whole range of nationalist, xenophobic and…

— Nick Clegg

I think sometimes Europe may take for granted the extraordinary progress that's been made over the last 40, 50 years. I recognize that sometimes…

— Barack Obama

A country outside the euro zone cannot have a veto over countries in the euro zone.

— Francois Hollande