Quotes About The Euro

#1. The euro is a hybrid of a fixed exchange-rate regime, like the 1980s ERM or the 1930s gold standard, and a state currency.

Yanis Varoufakis

#2. 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

#3. We still believe that if the Russian Federation and the United States bring their minds together, we can develop a common system which would be efficient in protecting the Euro-Atlantic region from threats coming outside this region.

Sergei Lavrov

#4. 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.

#5. Tunisia is extremely dependent on economic conditions in Europe, which is why it also experienced shockwaves from the euro crisis.

Alvaro De Vasconcelos

#6. Our membership of the euro is a guarantee of monetary stability and creates the right conditions for sustainable growth. Our membership of the euro is the only choice.

Lucas Papademos

#7. When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances.

John Major

#8. 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

#9. We have no intention of leaving the euro. In no way will we experiment with the future of our country.

Nicos Anastasiades

#10. Stories are invented: Juncker wants to introduce the euro everywhere or immediately deepen the EU - although I publicly stated the opposite that same day.

Jean-Claude Juncker

#11. A country outside the euro zone cannot have a veto over countries in the euro zone.

Francois Hollande

#12. The shadow of an exit of Greece from the euro zone takes on ever clearer shape, repeated apparently final attempts to reach a deal are starting to make the whole process look ridiculous. There is an ever greater number of people who feel as if the Greek government is giving them the run-around.

Sigmar Gabriel

#13. Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro.

Anibal Cavaco Silva

#14. After the accession to the euro zone, interest rates declined substantially in Portugal.

Anibal Cavaco Silva

#15. The euro will raise the citizens' awareness of their belonging to one Europe more than any other integration step to date.

Gerhard Schroder

#16. Chances are the movements of the euro as against the dollar will be relatively moderate.

Robert C. Solomon

#17. But I would bet that the euro continues to exist and that its importance as a global currency will likely increase.

Peer Steinbruck

#18. We will do everything to change what needs to be changed, fight against recession so that the country meets its targets, while reinforcing our country in the heart of the euro and the European Union.

Yiannis Stournaras

#19. Brown responded that he could not conceive of recommending that Britain join the Euro to advance his own prospects at the expense of the economic interest of the country

Anthony Seldon

#20. 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

#21. 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

#22. 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

#23. Germans tend to forget now that the euro was largely a Franco-German creation. No country has benefited more from the euro than Germany, both politically and economically. Therefore what has happened as a result of the introduction of the euro is largely Germany's its responsibility.

George Soros

#24. Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro.

Mario Monti

#25. If Europe could figure out a way to do the euro, I feel confident we can do this.

Mindy Kaling

#26. If the euro fails, Europe fails.

Angela Merkel

#27. The presidency of the Euro group is an interesting and important task.

Wolfgang Schauble

#28. Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. Believe me, it will be enough.

Mario Draghi

#29. There is no better protection against the euro crisis than successful structural reforms in southern Europe.

Mario Draghi

#30. Unraveling the euro is a terrible thing. This is a 50-year endeavor to get this continent together and that's a wonderful endeavor.

Jamie Dimon

#31. If we are going to approach the euro area as a zone with a harsh line in the middle between AAA and non-AAA, between the north and the south, no way are we going to move forward.

Jeroen Dijsselbloem

#32. We won't make the weak stronger by making the strong weaker, as a very wise man once said. That applies to the economy as well. If Germany were less competitive, the euro area as a whole would lose, because less could be produced then.

Mario Draghi

#33. The euro is going to be a big source of problems, not a source of help.

Milton Friedman

#34. 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

#35. 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

#36. I just don't accept that there is a trade off between trade and democracy ... what we've got now is an institution that has utterly outgrown its roots which were noble ... the real difference was the introduction of the euro.

Ruth Davidson

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

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

#38. 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

#39. 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

#40. In both the U.S. and Europe, the budget and balance sheet numbers do not work. When 'off-balance sheet' promises are taken into account, the U.S. and most countries of the Euro zone are insolvent.

Paul Singer

#41. The euro is our common fate, and Europe is our common future.

Angela Merkel

#42. I have never said I would adopt the euro. Not today, not tomorrow, not in five years. We will introduce the euro when it will benefit Poles and Poland.

Ewa Kopacz

#43. And what is the reaction of the British politcal class? Well the Lib Dems, still think that the Euro is a success! I don't quiet think where Cleggy gets this from, I don't know. Prehaps he is cosidering an alternative career, as a stand up comedian, once he's out of politics.

Nigel Farage

#44. The key problem is the debt restructuring in the euro zone. As long as the debt burden is not reduced, there is no chance of the weaker EU countries regaining competitiveness.

George Soros

#45. 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

#46. 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

#47. As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders.

Jonathan Sacks

#48. The euro is a great achievement. It's a symbolic achievement. But, the European constitution was a missed opportunity.

Bernard-Henri Levy

#49. So when you are faced with a decision on the euro, it is not surprising that many people are confused. They still try to squeeze the euro debate into the old language. But deep down it is a matter of deciding where one's future lies. It is a matter of political will and courage.

Romano Prodi

#50. 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

#51. Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change is as political as it is legal and I don't think it's going to happen soon.

Nick Clegg

#52. 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

#53. 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

#54. Europe must dissipate any doubts over the euro, affirm that the euro is an irreversible project and act in consequence.

Mariano Rajoy

#55. 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

#56. 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

#57. 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

#58. I hope Greece is going to remain in the Euro zone.

Victor Ponta

#59. As a wheelchair user, you can't move about freely. That's the only thing that bothers me a little. When I'm in the Euro Group in Brussels, colleagues who want to talk to me have to come to me. But I hope they know that this has nothing to do with arrogance.

Wolfgang Schauble

#60. 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

#61. The 'in' campaign will attempt to scare people into believing that if the U.K. were to leave, investment and jobs would move abroad. They are as wrong about that now as they were when they warned that this would happen if we did not sign up to the Euro.

Nigel Lawson

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

Milton Friedman

#63. It's in our interests that the euro is a successful, strong currency.

George Osborne

#64. A very difficult year is ahead of us. We must continue our efforts with decisiveness, to stay in the euro, to make sure we do not waste the sacrifices and do not turn the crisis into an uncontrolled and disastrous bankruptcy.

Lucas Papademos

#65. I can understand countries don't want to join the euro, but they cannot impede the consolidation and strengthening of the eurozone.

Francois Hollande

#66. I am personally convinced - and I think the Greek people share this belief in a fundamental way - that we can achieve fiscal consolidation more effectively and we can restore competitiveness in a more fundamental and permanent way within the euro area than outside.

Lucas Papademos

#67. 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

#68. We already have a federation. The 11, soon to be 12, member States adopting the euro have already given up part of their sovereignty, monetary sovereignty, and formed a monetary union, and that is the first step towards a federation.

Joschka Fischer

#69. There are a few things that people all around the world need to admit to themselves. Trade restraints slow economic growth, the euro is not a reserve currency, and scoreless sports ties are boring.

P. J. O'Rourke

#70. 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

#71. In sum, as we enter the 21st century, the Euro-Atlantic community - North America and Europe together - has to face some tough challenges when it comes to improving our capability.

Lord Robertson

#72. 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

#73. The euro has become a means by which superior German productivity is able to gain an absolutely unbeatable advantage over the whole eurozone territory.

Boris Johnson

#74. 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

#75. I think as a business it would be amazing if the euro was to collapse, but financially and economically I think that would be a bit of a tsunami for everybody to cope with.

Lloyd Dorfman

#76. It's political glue inside Europe to keep it together - the euro is the best thing going for it since the creation of the common market.

Robert Mundell

#77. 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

#78. 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

#79. The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.

Gerhard Schroder

#80. We must do everything to ensure that the Euro 2016 is a success.

Francois Hollande

#81. 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

#82. 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

#83. and - sooner rather than later - the euro will collapse.

Anonymous

#84. Countries themselves need to do everything possible to remain in the euro zone.

Mark Rutte

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

Gerhard Schroder

#86. The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union.

Jose Manuel Barroso

#87. It is true that no member state can be required to make payments to others. But if countries want to offer voluntary assistance, as in the Greek case, this isn't only allowed, but it's also in Germany's interest. We all benefit by ensuring the stability of the euro zone.

Wolfgang Schauble

#88. 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

#89. This is taking place inside Europe. This is taking place inside a once great nation. The nation that invented democracy. We are on the edge of total social breakdown. And frankly, as far as the euro is concerned and the austerity measures are concerned, the medicine is killing the patient.

Nigel Farage

#90. 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

#91. Germany cannot get out of the euro. What it has to do, therefore, is make the economy more flexible - to eliminate the restrictions on prices, on wages and on employment; in short, the regulations that keep 10 percent of the German workforce unemployed.

Milton Friedman

#92. In the end, the British didn't vote to leave because of the euro. They're not even members of the currency union. Even the refugee crisis hardly affected the country.

Jean-Claude Juncker

#93. I think that the tying of the Montenegrin economy with the euro is a much better option than the adventure of printing our own currency.

Igor Luksic

#94. While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if it's hard. Invest in the spirit.

Jonathan Sacks

#95. The bottom line is that the euro is a failed experiment.

Paul Singer

#96. The EU is mired in deep structural crisis. Greece, Portugal and Ireland cannot survive inside the Euro.

Nigel Farage

#97. 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

#98. 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

#99. If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed.

Mario Monti

#100. Great Britain is not part of the euro-zone; but the decision we take will have great importance for Great Britain.

Francois Fillon