Country Quote by Peter Bofinger

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

For all it is a smaller country in terms of geography, Holland is the most closely aligned market to the U.K. in terms of…

— Sara Davies

Germany is very free-trade oriented.

— Gerhard Schroder

Germany must continue to champion the world's biggest free single market, and under its leadership, the EU can overcome its internal differences.

— Anthony Glees

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

— John Lanchester

A large country with such outstanding economic performance as Germany cannot forget that it owes some of its success to demand from other European…

— Francois Hollande

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

Germany has a very able and productive workforce. It has high-quality products that are valued all over the world. It has every opportunity to…

— Milton Friedman

What you have as a result of past policies is that German entrepreneurs go outside of Germany for many of their activities. They are…

— Milton Friedman

Europe has to be about more than market, goods, and money.

— Jean-Claude Juncker

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

Denmark is, of course is very much like Germany: in terms of culture, the same kind of thinking, etc.

— Michala Petri