Contrary Quote by Laurent Fabius

If we didn't propose these reforms, we would not have proposed a budget that got the debt under control.

— Paul Ryan

Europe is right to tell us to reduce this [France's budget] deficit and spend less. Europe is right to demand this of us but…

— Nicolas Sarkozy

The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union.

— Jose Manuel Barroso

Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year,…

— Francois Hollande

When we were negotiating the ongoing financial period in 2013, I talked myself hoarse. London and Berlin in particular insisted on reducing the budget.…

— Martin Schulz

The Chancellor also in effect asks us to bargain away whatever obligation or interest we have as regards the neutrality of Belgium. We could…

— Anonymous

It's a shame that the president doesn't embrace the effort to reduce spending. None of us like using situations like the sequester or the…

— Mitch McConnell

“Congress, in its typical knee-jerk reaction, had slashed their budget considerably in recent years, culminating”

— Bobby Akart

It will not be possible to solve the current crisis with euro bonds.

— Angela Merkel

“We didn't actually overspend our budget. The allocation simply fell short of our expenditure.”

— Keith Davis

The budget should be balanced not by more taxes, but by reduction of follies.

— Herbert Hoover

You can't have euro bonds without more interconnection among the national budget policies.

— Jean-Claude Juncker