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We will do whatever we could do to keep Greece inside the euro and inside Europe. -- Alexis Tsipras
So if the euro, if Euroland is to become a reserve center, if the euro is to become a reserve currency, Euroland will have to have a deficit in its overall balance of payments. -- Robert C. Solomon
Argentina won't be at Euro 2000 because they're from South America. -- Kevin Keegan
The euro is our common fate, and Europe is our common future. -- Angela Merkel
The next Euro-elections will be a step towards a United States of Europe -- Daniel Hannan
Our policy is European and Euro-Atlantic integration. There is no substitute for NATO. -- Bidzina Ivanishvili
There is no better protection against the euro crisis than successful structural reforms in southern Europe. -- Mario Draghi
The EU is mired in deep structural crisis. Greece, Portugal and Ireland cannot survive inside the Euro. -- Nigel Farage
Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro. -- Anibal Cavaco Silva
There is an interior style we intellectuals and design policy wonks know as Haut Euro Pooftastic, which really takes the biscuit. -- Peter York
The euro pleases dispirited people for whom European history is not Chartres and Shakespeare but the Holocaust and the Somme. The euro expresses cultural despair. -- George Will
In 50 years, no one will care about the fiscal cliff or the Euro crisis. They'll just ask, "So the Arctic melted, and then what did you do?" -- Bill McKibben
We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies. -- Jean-Pierre Raffarin
The euro currency both presupposes and promotes a fiction - that 'Europe' has somehow become, against the wishes of most Europeans, a political rather than a merely geographic expression. -- George Will
The Greek people do not want to exit the euro. And I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have made major sacrifices to stay in the euro zone. -- George Papandreou
Europe unified its monetary policy through the euro before it unified politically, therefore sustaining member countries' abilities to pursue the kind of independent fiscal policies that can strain a joint currency. -- Amity Shlaes
Giving Northern Europe a veto over Southern Europe's budgets will not hold a monetary union together. The euro zone will continue to need the weaker countries to stomach decades of high unemployment to grind down wages. -- Austan Goolsbee
I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because I'm against it in principle but because I didn't think it was economically right for Britain. But that doesn't make me any less pro-European. -- Gordon Brown
In that match for Holland I asked for a big responsibility, I got it and I dealt with it. I played well, I scored goals and the team qualified for the Euro 2004 finals. It was a big night and an important moment for Holland. -- Ruud van Nistelrooy
If we were the problem, it would be very convenient - kick Greece out, everything's fine. What would happen to Spain, what about Portugal, what about Italy, what about the whole of the euro zone? We need more cooperation and less simplification and prejudice. -- George Papandreou
Historically, the host nations do well in Euro 2000. -- Trevor Brooking
Paul Scholes should be included in England's Euro 2012 squad. -- Harry Redknapp
I hope Greece is going to remain in the Euro zone. -- Victor Ponta
Every match in the Euro is a dance on a razor's edge. -- Otto Rehhagel
I'm tri-racial: African-American, Native American and Euro - that's the Scotch-Irish part. -- Alice Walker
The euro is good for Europe. But only if there is flexibility all around. -- Milton Friedman
I'm really glad that Italy went out, they were playing boring football. (on Euro 2004) -- Andy Townsend
The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union. -- Jose Manuel Barroso
Why am I such a Euro-enthusiast? Because I knew it was an anchor of democracy. -- Adam Michnik
The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are. -- Alan Hansen
For a small, open economy like Cyprus, Euro adoption provides protection from international financial turmoil. -- Jean-Claude Trichet
At Euro '92 itself, we bowed out to the eventual winners, Denmark, in our final group match. -- Michel Patini
Let's stop kidding ourselves that Greek debt is the Euro's key problem. With Greece gone, who's next ? -- Alex Morritt
The euro is a great achievement. It's a symbolic achievement. But, the European constitution was a missed opportunity. -- Bernard-Henri Levy
I became the first ever Euro-continental champion in WWF history. Well, besides D-Lo Brown, but he doesn't count. -- Kurt Angle
As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders. -- Jonathan Sacks
If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed. -- Mario Monti
Europe must dissipate any doubts over the euro, affirm that the euro is an irreversible project and act in consequence. -- Mariano Rajoy
Tunisia is extremely dependent on economic conditions in Europe, which is why it also experienced shockwaves from the euro crisis. -- Alvaro de Vasconcelos
The euro will raise the citizens' awareness of their belonging to one Europe more than any other integration step to date. -- Gerhard Schroder
It [the Euro] is a decisive step towards ever closer political and institutional union in Europe. Above all, it is political. -- Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
I think it's often discussed that leaving the Euro is an option for Greece. I think this is really not an option. -- Lucas Papademos
I'm kind of a beach bum from Florida, and I have a very different style. I like tight-fitting, Euro-fitting clothes, colored pants. -- Chandler Parsons
Greece is a medium-sized country in Europe. Our debt accounts for only 2.5 percent of the total of all members of the euro zone. -- Evangelos Venizelos
With respect to Euro-Atlantic integration, we have to realize that we need to normalize the relationships with our neighbors, and especially with Russia. -- Bidzina Ivanishvili
One unanswered question is whether a Euro-Islam that combines Islam with democracy will be possible in the future. We mustn't confuse desire with reality. -- Walter Kasper
Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over. -- Gerhard Schroder
The 1992 crisis proved that the existing system was unstable. Not moving forward to the euro would have set up Europe for even more disruptive crises. -- Barry Eichengreen
In the 20 years before Greece end up with the Euro, efforts to improve competitiveness through exchange rate and adjustments resulted only in temporary gains of competitiveness. -- Lucas Papademos
By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF. -- Jose Manuel Barroso
I would rather carry around a plastic bag with five thousand Euro inside, than carry around a Louis Vuitton/Gucci/Prada bag with only one hundred Euro inside! -- C. JoyBell C.
We, the American people, clearly see the daunting forces we will undoubtedly face: terrorists, crime, drug gangs, the possibility of Euro-style debt riots, civil unrest or natural disaster. -- Wayne LaPierre
European citizens expect that there will be also a fair system inside the European Union and in the euro, and that's why we have to have quite hard discipline. -- Tarja Halonen
The reserve currency role seems to add prestige to an area and some people in Europe have talked about the desirability of the euro becoming an international reserve currency. -- Robert C. Solomon
Another question has been raised rather widely in Europe, in Japan as well as in the United States is what, to what extent will the euro become a reserve currency. -- Robert C. Solomon
As far as the international issues are concerned, the most important thing is the state of the transatlantic relationships, Euro-Atlantic relationships: how to develop them and how to strengthen them further. -- Marek Belka
Everybody says Steve McManaman played on the left for me in Euro 96 but he never played on the left. The one time he did play on the left was against Switzerland. -- Terry Venables
The Euro is a conquest of sovereignty. It gives us a margin of manoeuvre. Its a tool to help us master globalisation and help us resist irrational shifts in the market. -- Dominique Strauss-Kahn
So Europe's a big driver. And at one point, if the euro hadn't devalued, they would have been making as much money as the US with half the stores. Returns were higher. -- Jim Cantalupo
The English are worried about the Euro being brought in because of loss of national identity and rising prices. In Scotland, people are just worried in case they have to close Poundstretcher. -- Frankie Boyle
I think the funds that have been pledged at Euro Summit, combined with the outcome of the private sector involvement process should be sufficient in order to support financially the Greek Economy. -- Lucas Papademos
The Aegis Ashore sites in Poland and Romania are designed to counter long-range ballistic missiles that may be launched from other nations, outside of the Euro-Atlantic area, against our European NATO partners. -- James A. Winnefeld, Jr.
I love that Euro-pop dance music, but with girl power. I also listen to Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan. I have a Beatles song tattooed on my foot. I'm all over the place. -- Hilary Duff
We have the EURO as a currency, which means a lot. It has not just stabilized the situation in Kosovo politically and economically, but also facilitated the direct contact that we have with Europe. -- Ibrahim Rugova
Is Europe going to be breaking? I don't think so. I think the euro will stay. I think at the end of the day Europeans will find the solutions in order to hold Europe together. -- Carlos Ghosn
When the next big problem comes online, be it the Euro crisis, nuclear proliferation, an overstretched Internet, a killer flu, or any of the other possibilities I consider in X-Events, we will suffer a complexity overload. -- John L. Casti
There was a real fear that a euro-zone bank might fail, that we'd have a sovereign debt problem in one of the larger European economies. That's dissipated, thanks largely to the action of the European Central Bank. -- George Osborne
I think sometimes Europe may take for granted the extraordinary progress that's been made over the last 40, 50 years. I recognize that sometimes there is great frustration that arises out of the euro zone or out of the EU. -- Barack Obama
Our position in Europe is not negotiable. The Greek people will defend it by all means. But participation in the euro involves rules and obligations, which we must consistently meet. Greece belongs to Europe and Europe cannot be envisaged without Greece. -- Lucas Papademos
Europe isn't something connected by the Euro. Every little dimension of Europe is so hugely different, and I think America is different in its states as well, so I never really think of things in big blocks, in terms of other artists. -- Patrick Wolf
Europe and the euro zone have no reason, rationally, to push Greece out of the euro. But this is a system in which many parties, many countries, many governments, many electorates participate and we could have events which, rationally, are not controllable. -- Evangelos Venizelos
Europe's financial system is fragmented, although the gap in funding costs for banks within the euro area is no longer as wide as it was two years ago. But in lending the differences are still very large, and in some countries the credit flow is disrupted. -- Mario Draghi
There have been times when I've reflected on my international career and just thought: 'Well that was a massive waste of time.' Sorry for sounding sour, but my best mate, David Beckham, got butchered after the World Cup in 1998, then my brother, Phil, after Euro 2000. -- Gary Neville
The Financial Times is pro-British membership of the European Union. We have taken that position for decades. But we are not starry-eyed about the European Union. And we do not believe and have not believed for at least 10 years that Britain should be part of the euro. -- Lionel Barber
The euro zone must strike for a better governance structure, and there is no alternative to that. Euro zone countries must either develop an exit mechanism for troubled members, or it should embrace a closer political union: an effective governance structure that is capable of enforcing rules. -- Lou Jiwei
The fact that we're going through a crisis is an opportunity for Europe to be more coordinated and more integrated. We're actually talking about a European Monetary Fund or euro bonds, about guarantees for countries, about economic governance in the European Union. That shows the strength of Europe. -- George Papandreou
When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances. -- John Major
It will not be possible to solve the current crisis with euro bonds. -- Angela Merkel
Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. Believe me, it will be enough. -- Mario Draghi
Governments must commit to sound economic and financial policies. This is how we ensure reform in the euro area - and our independence. -- Mario Draghi
The battle of the euro is being fought right now in Spain and Italy. The future of the euro is at stake in the next weeks. -- Luis de Guindos
If we do not resolve the euro crisis, we will all pay the price. And if we do resolve it, we will all benefit, particularly German taxpayers and savers. -- Mario Draghi
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It is virtually impossible for what you are voting on to remain as it is currently. There could be huge changes to the treaty and there could be huge changes to the euro zone itself. -- Nigel Farage
We only have a Plan A. The acceptance and full implementation of the existing plan, the so-called Plan A, is the best solution for Greece, for the euro zone and also for creditors and holders. -- Evangelos Venizelos
It is the entire euro zone system which is under threat at the moment, not just a few small countries anymore... Our euro is under threat. The changing situation needs a quick and immediate reaction. -- Iveta Radicova
If another euro country fails, so does Slovakia. Our economy is 80% open and if the citizens of Spain and Portugal have no money to buy cars made here in Slovakia then that will be bad for us. Everything is connected. -- Iveta Radicova
I think that France has not made it clear enough recently to our German friends how important it is to introduce euro bonds as a tool against speculation. And how the necessary budget discipline needs to be accompanied by growth. -- Francois Hollande
The designs of the paper euros, introduced in 2002, proclaim a utopian aspiration. Gone are the colorful bills of particular nations, featuring pictures of national heroes of statecraft, culture and the arts, pictures celebrating unique national narratives. With the euro, 16 nations have said goodbye to all that. -- George Will
You've got some very powerful countries: Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and others who have a genuine desire to see the euro zone straighten itself out. It's good for all of us, whether you're in the euro zone or not, to make sure that it doesn't lead to a fracturing. -- Nick Clegg
Today, no one would dispute that information technology has become the backbone of commerce. It underpins the operations of individual companies, ties together far-flung supply chains, and, increasingly, links businesses to the customers they serve. Hardly a dollar or a euro changes hands anymore without the aid of computer systems. -- Nicholas G. Carr
Haagen-Dazs (a clever Scandi-sounding name invented by Americans in 1961) was bought for its Euro-sounding sophistication by the kind of Americans who first bought those Mercs and Beemers, while Ben & Jerry's (now owned by Unilever) brought a post-hippy sensibility to bear. Buyers saw the brand as saying 'all-natural, organic and Fairtrade. -- Peter York
I was sure we would never see the adoption of the Euro. Countries giving up their currencies for a common tender was, it seemed to me, completely out of tune with currency being a carrier of people's cultural identity, celebrating national heroes and events, as it had been for hundreds of years. -- John Naisbitt
The Czech Republic, severed from its old Slovak half, sits in apparent landlocked contentment, inside the European Union but outside the troubled Euro Zone, set into the new Continental mosaic like one of the small sturdy paving stones, just a few inches square, that form the sidewalks under the visitor's ambling feet. -- Thomas Mallon
Stabilizing the euro is one thing, healing the culture that surrounds it is another. A world in which material values are everything and spiritual values nothing is neither a stable state nor a good society. The time has come for us to recover the Judeo-Christian ethic of human dignity in the image of God. -- Jonathan Sacks
If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future, you'll have a whole range of nationalist, xenophobic and extreme movements increasing across the European Union. And, frankly, questions about the British debate on EU membership will just be a small sideshow compared to the rise of political populism. -- Nick Clegg
I don't want euro bonds that serve to mutualize the entire debt of the countries in the euro zone. That can only work in the longer-term. I want euro bonds to be used to finance targeted investments in future-oriented growth projects. It isn't the same thing. Let's call them 'project bonds' instead of euro bonds. -- Francois Hollande
We have been in recess since July, and during that time there have been a fuel crisis, a Danish no vote, the collapse of the Euro and a war in the middle east, but what is our business tomorrow? The Insolvency Bill [Lords]. It ought be called the Bankruptcy Bill [Commons], because we play no role. -- Tony Benn
I'm not trying to be diplomatic. I'm trying to be more nuanced and realistic. I think there has to be a serious examination of the shortcomings of the Euro structure. Euro central institutions, whether it be fiscal policy, monetary policy, financial regulation, are simply not as robust as they are in a currency that has a national government behind it. -- Stephen Harper
I was trained as journalist never to use the word 'I,' never to put my own opinion there. In fact, if you had a dollar or a euro for every time I use the word 'I,' you would be a poor person. But this is not true in general. I like the idea of being able to stand away and make a judgement. -- Suzy Menkes
Pat Buchanan...was fired by MSNBC for doing nothing more than voicing his rock-solid conservative thoughts on the otherwise failing network....The real message of the left is intolerance, zealotry, bigotry and hate. The left has no use for the First Amendment or the rest of the Constitution unless it fits their multicultural, euro-socialist agenda, which is failing all across Europe and everywhere it is practiced. -- Ted Nugent
First of all we need to move past the euro. -- Matteo Salvini
The bottom line is that the euro is a failed experiment. -- Paul Singer
The euro is a failed currency, a wrong currency, a failed experiment. -- Matteo Salvini
You can't have euro bonds without more interconnection among the national budget policies. -- Jean-Claude Juncker
After the accession to the euro zone, interest rates declined substantially in Portugal. -- Anibal Cavaco Silva
We need to put in place an economic system of governance for the euro-zone. -- Francois Fillon
A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone. -- Jean-Pierre Raffarin
The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union. -- Gerhard Schroder
Chances are the movements of the euro as against the dollar will be relatively moderate. -- Robert C. Solomon
Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union. -- Gerhard Schroder
Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro. -- Mario Monti
The euro is going to be a big source of problems, not a source of help. -- Milton Friedman
The uncontrolled increase of the euro rate vis-a-vis the dollar threatens employment growth in the euro area. -- Peter Bofinger
If I had a euro for every stupid thing I've done, I could buy the Mona Lisa. -- Stephanie Perkins
The euro Titanic has now hit the iceberg - and there simply aren't enough lifeboats to go round. -- Nigel Farage
You've had an extremely weak euro on the foreign exchange markets, you've had a very dubious policy being followed. -- John Major
Germany has acted effectively during the euro crisis. It needs to build on this to engage in other spheres too. -- Joachim Gauck
Great Britain is not part of the euro-zone; but the decision we take will have great importance for Great Britain. -- Francois Fillon
We have no intention of leaving the euro. In no way will we experiment with the future of our country. -- Nicos Anastasiades

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