Prime minister Quote by John Micklethwait

“As Jean-Claude Juncker, then prime minister of Luxembourg and later president of the European Commission, once said, ‘When it becomes serious, you have to…

— Yanis Varoufakis

Stories are invented: Juncker wants to introduce the euro everywhere or immediately deepen the EU - although I publicly stated the opposite that same…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

“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

If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed.

— Mario Monti

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

— Mario Draghi

Luxembourg is such a small country that we always have to reinvent ourselves and take on a certain risk to succeed.

— Etienne Schneider

I believe the ones who stand up for what we say, which is stay inside the Eurozone, try to fix some things in the…

— Eva Kaili

One of the arguments I make for the failure of the euro is that, at the time it was being constructed, there was a…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Prime Minister, I see you've already mastered the essential craft of the European politician, namely, the ability to say one thing in this chamber…

— Daniel Hannan

Fundamental questions are being asked about the future of the Eurozone and therefore the shape of the EU itself. Opportunities to advance our national…

— David Cameron

My genuine belief is that if we can get through the eurozone crisis from a political point of view, we've got a lot of…

— Enda Kenny

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