Budget Quote by Zanny Minton Beddoes

Europe is right to tell us to reduce this [France's budget] deficit and spend less. Europe is right to demand this of us but…

— Nicolas Sarkozy

You have to abolish pension plans. You have to abolish social spending. You have to raise taxes. You have to have at least fifty…

— Michael Hudson

Europe is difficult to coordinate, and our main deficit may not even lie in this area of finance and economics, but in foreign and…

— Peer Steinbruck

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

— Milton Friedman

The Europeans governments have massively changed the landscape in Europe. There is no doubt about it. They have put together the European Financial Stability…

— Christine Lagarde

I'm a pessimist about the euro, but not about Europe. So the southern periphery, Spain, Italy, Greece, leave - Italy might be the first…

— Tyler Cowen

I am in favour of a different Europe, where each state can adopt its fiscal and monetary system.

— Beppe Grillo

(A unified) 'Europe' is the result of plans. It is, in fact, a classic utopian project, a monument to the vanity of intellectuals, a…

— Margaret Thatcher

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

— Jean-Claude Juncker

This goes back to the main challenge we are facing, because Europe at the moment is not competitive. We have many imbalances and my…

— Mark Rutte

What will growth policy have to look like in a fiscally compacted Europe? Clearly any illusion of budget stimulated growth policy will have to…

— Mario Monti

With their endless vacations and pint-sized workweeks, Europe can't produce enough of anything - including more Europeans - to save themselves from doom. So…

— Denis Boyles