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The Italian economy is certainly the weakest of the big European countries. -- Romano Prodi
Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies. -- Jose Manuel Barroso
If you put all the European countries together, we are the biggest economy in the world. -- George Papandreou
Is France a northern European export powerhouse, or a Mediterranean indebted and dependent economy? Yes to both. -- Francois Hollande
The structures in Europe in a globalising economy need to be modernised, need to be more integrated, need to be stronger. -- George Papandreou
For the next three years, we're going to see different economies work out different problems. For European economies, especially Greece, it would be through default. -- Mohamed El-Erian
To be in the EU, it means to have same rules of... for economy, for social life, to be together in the majority of European countries. -- Aleksander Kwasniewski
Competitiveness demands flexibility, choice and openness - or Europe will fetch up in a no-man's land between the rising economies of Asia and market-driven North America. -- David Cameron
London has a centrifugal pull on talent, investment and business from the rest of Europe and the world. That brings benefits to the broader U.K. economy. -- Nicola Sturgeon
Europe should stick to an open economy, to competition and we should refuse protectionism. It will not save one single job in the long run to protect non-competitive industries. -- Anders Fogh Rasmussen
We're facing headwinds from Europe. Europe doing the right things here to stabilize their situation is important to our small businesses, our workers, the middle class here, and overall economy. -- David Plouffe
Southern Europe has not done enough to enhance its competitiveness, while northern Europe has not done enough to boost demand. Debt burdens remain crushing, and Europe's economy remains unable to grow. -- Barry Eichengreen
Europe would be well advised to pay more attention to Latin America. The emerging economies are the engines of the global economy. Colombia has done too little to improve its reputation in Europe. -- Juan Manuel Santos
Our objective must therefore be to ensure EU better regulation contributes towards delivering a modern European Union which relentlessly focuses on building a dynamic and innovative economy equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century. -- John Hutton
Germany is the biggest economy of Europe and we need Germany on board for the economic reforms of Europe, including, of course, the deepening of the internal market, resisting protectionism, and supporting further economic policy coordination. -- Jose Manuel Barroso
The challenge to our national economies and the collective economy of Europe will become - with the growth of China and the continuing productivity growth of the US - even more intense in the decades to come. -- John Hutton
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
Between 1995 and 2009, Western Europe's entrepreneurs created jobs faster than the U.S. did, and European economies exported more than the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Eastern Europe's productivity increased more rapidly than East Asia's. -- Sri Mulyani Indrawati
At the heart of these challenges lies the question of how the institutions of the European Union make laws, the types of laws they pass and the effectiveness with which those laws are implemented on civil society and the economy. -- John Hutton
If you look at national economies today, for example, the American economy, the European economy, the Indians, the Chinese, we're all tied together. If one of them sinks, the rest are going to sink with them and if one floats, the rest are lifted up. I find that very interesting. -- Frans de Waal
We believe in the fundamental principles of the European economy. -- Vladimir Putin
The insistence of European leaders to austerity policies keeps the European economy strapped in stagnation. -- Alexis Tsipras
The European economy is collapsing! The trans-Atlantic region is a disaster area in terms of economy. -- Lyndon LaRouche
The strategic partnership between the European Union and the United States is rooted in our shared values of freedom, human rights, democracy and a belief in the market economy. -- Donald Tusk

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