Arise Quote by Mario Draghi

Europe's financial system is fragmented, although the gap in funding costs for banks within the euro area is no longer as wide as it…

— Mario Draghi

The euro is good for Europe. But only if there is flexibility all around.

— Milton Friedman

Europe unified its monetary policy through the euro before it unified politically, therefore sustaining member countries' abilities to pursue the kind of independent fiscal…

— Amity Shlaes

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

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

— John Lanchester

It is obvious that the monetary union among 17 very different European countries does not work. As an economist, I know that the Eurozone…

— Vaclav Klaus

I can understand countries don't want to join the euro, but they cannot impede the consolidation and strengthening of the eurozone.

— Francois Hollande

While holding the eurozone together will be costly and difficult and painful for the politicians, breaking it up will be even more costly and…

— Barry Eichengreen

A single currency entails a fixed interest rate, which means countries can't manage their own currency to suit their own needs. You need a…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Part of the concept of the euro zone was to establish a common market. The banks were going to bank across all their countries…

— Jamie Dimon

I have criticized it [Europe], but I repeat: we keep 40 percent of our gold and foreign currency reserves in euros, we are not…

— Vladimir Putin

So if the euro, if Euroland is to become a reserve center, if the euro is to become a reserve currency, Euroland will have…

— Robert C. Solomon