Crisis Quote by Joachim Gauck

The current Eurozone is obviously dysfunctional. And serious people within Germany and elsewhere know this to be the case and know things cannot function…

— Tariq Ali

Germany has to put the broader European interest on the same level as its own national interest, or the euro is toast.

— John Lanchester

The euro is a vital issue for Germany. There is no other country that derives as much benefit from the common domestic market and…

— Peer Steinbruck

“The attempt to resolve its problems by turning the Eurozone into a bigger Germany is going to prove unworkable. If this is not understood…

— Martin Wolf

We have, thank God, a very good relationship with the German government. There were resentments, but they've been resolved. Germany is the strongest player…

— Sebastian Kurz

Germans tend to forget now that the euro was largely a Franco-German creation. No country has benefited more from the euro than Germany, both…

— George Soros

There are huge political problems in Germany, but German economic power is something which was bound to happen. The way out of this situation…

— Tariq Ali

The task for Germany today is - through its own policies and its own structural reforms, its own investments - to support the EU…

— Sigmar Gabriel

Germany would be the biggest loser in a euro breakup.

— Peter Bofinger

Germany cannot get out of the euro. What it has to do, therefore, is make the economy more flexible - to eliminate the restrictions…

— Milton Friedman

The euro is a potent tool used by Germany to engage in permanent monetary dumping.

— Marine Le Pen

Germany's potential makes up about 20% of the EU's overall economic power, including Great Britain. The German army is by no means strong enough…

— Jaroslaw Kaczynski