Economy Quote by Milton Friedman

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

If European monetary policy is run according to German interests, huge structural imbalances will accumulate. The Germans will then either have to pay to…

— John Lanchester

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

The euro has become a means by which superior German productivity is able to gain an absolutely unbeatable advantage over the whole eurozone territory.

— Boris Johnson

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

— Marine Le Pen

Germany is the new pig. Germany depends on exports and its markets are drying up. When the Germans start getting 10% unemployment, 15% unemployment,…

— George Friedman

It is a fact that, if I single out Germany, our rate of growth is too low and we have very high unemployment.

— Angela Merkel

There is no question that a breakup of the euro would be very damaging, very costly, both financially and politically. And the biggest loss…

— 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

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

Germany has acted effectively during the euro crisis. It needs to build on this to engage in other spheres too.

— Joachim Gauck

Germany is the biggest economy of Europe and we need Germany on board for the economic reforms of Europe, including, of course, the deepening…

— Jose Manuel Barroso