Balance Quote by Sigmar Gabriel

We, the Social Democrats, are convinced that capitalism needs to be tamed a second time. The first time we achieved that in Germany for…

— Sigmar Gabriel

Markets themselves are looking for stability, and I think we have underestimated the capacity of Europe... to actually create a more stable framework for…

— George Papandreou

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

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

I want us to be able to preserve our level of prosperity. We must constantly remind ourselves that Germany has been eating into its…

— Angela Merkel

“...the centrality of competitiveness as the key to growth is a recurrent EU motif. Two decades of EC directives on increasing competition in every…

— Mark Blyth

Germany will always do the minimum to preserve the euro. Doing the minimum, though, will perpetuate the situation where the debtor countries in Europe…

— George Soros

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

“It was only with the crisis that debt soared. Yet many Europeans in key positions - especially politicians and officials in Germany, but also…

— Paul Krugman

There are still deep-seated structural problems that threaten the economic balance in the world: Between the United States and China, for example, but also…

— Peer Steinbruck

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

— John Lanchester

“Bankers are seeking to capture government and make financial policy immune from democratic choice. What promised to be a progressive social democratic Europe half…

— Michael Hudson