Along Quote by Wolfgang Schauble

Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union.

— Gerhard Schroder

Thanks to the euro, our pockets will soon hold solid evidence of a European identity. We need to build on this, and make the…

— Laurent Fabius

It [the Euro] is a decisive step towards ever closer political and institutional union in Europe. Above all, it is political.

— Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

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

The euro zone was driven by the neoliberal view that markets are always efficient. That in itself is political. There was no pressing economic…

— Joseph Stiglitz

I wanted to start by saying that the eurozone - there are two reasons they formed the European Union. One is for political peace…

— Jamie Dimon

We [European countries] probably need to move forward together, each at their own speed. The faster ones, that could be the countries in the…

— Paolo Gentiloni

This can sound as something naive. But if we are together in this union, it's because we choose to be one in many things.…

— Federica Mogherini

So when you are faced with a decision on the euro, it is not surprising that many people are confused. They still try to…

— Romano Prodi

“The idea that the euro has “failed” is dangerously naive. The euro is doing exactly what its progenitor – and the wealthy 1%-ers who…

— Michael Hudson

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 European Union arose on an economic foundation, and it turns out that even this is not a solid base. Cultural identity has been…

— Gunter Grass