Behinds Quote by Stephen Harper

The euro is not a currency. It is a political weapon to force countries to implement the policies decided by the E.U. and keep…

— Marine Le Pen

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

“I interpret your question as applying more to financial stability in the euro area than to the euro itself. I do not think there…

— Anonymous

It is the entire euro zone system which is under threat at the moment, not just a few small countries anymore... Our euro is…

— Iveta Radicova

One of the arguments I make for the failure of the euro is that, at the time it was being constructed, there was a…

— Joseph Stiglitz

The Euro is a conquest of sovereignty. It gives us a margin of manoeuvre. Its a tool to help us master globalisation and help…

— Dominique Strauss-Kahn

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

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

— Milton Friedman

The reserve currency role seems to add prestige to an area and some people in Europe have talked about the desirability of the euro…

— Robert C. Solomon

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

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

The key problem is the debt restructuring in the euro zone. As long as the debt burden is not reduced, there is no chance…

— George Soros