“With the rise of America, the global balance of power shifted away from the old European powers.” Quote by Armstrong Williams
“This assumes an upward revision of the European Budget, which is precisely what Jacques Chirac refuses to do. On the contrary, he has demanded a reduction.” EconomyAssumingRefuseContraryBudgetsReductionRevision Author:Laurent Fabius
“For years all I seemed to be doing was lobbying politicians and others to persuade them that European culture needed movies, and that we had to protect it.” YearsCultureEconomyNeededPoliticianProtectMovieLobbying Author:Wim Wenders
“For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy.” YearsLeaderEconomyEconomicMilitaryEuropeGiants Author:George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen
“There are no European voices at Geneva, there are no European voices at START.” VoiceEconomyGeneva Author:E. P. Thompson
“Various Turkish people invaded southwest Asia during the Middle Ages and carved an empire for themselves from lands occupied by the indigenous Semitic and Indo-European inhabitants.” PeopleAgeEconomyLandMiddleVariousEmpiresAsiaIndigenousMiddle AgesTurkish Author:John Shimkus
“The task for Germany today is - through its own policies and its own structural reforms, its own investments - to support the EU and the Commission... but every nation has to have the courage to broach such structural reforms and speak clearly about them without making people be afraid.” PeopleTodaySpeakNationsSupportEconomyPolicyTasksInvestmentReformGermany Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“Maybe it is the last chance for Europe to influence standards for world trade. Next it will be between the US and the Asia-Pacific region.” WorldLastsNextChanceEconomyInfluenceStandardsEuropeTradeRegionsAsiaPacificWorld TradeLast Chance Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“This goes back to the main challenge we are facing, because Europe at the moment is not competitive. We have many imbalances and my big worry is that we will slow down in Europe in terms of fiscal consolidations and reforms, whilst we have to step up.” MomentsBigsTermChallengesStepsWorryEconomyEuropeReformSlow DownStep UpImbalanceConsolidation Author:Mark Rutte
“We are extremely vulnerable because we take too much time to implement the necessary measures. This is a painful process. When you go through a painful process - make it as short as possible” ProcessEconomyToo MuchPainfulVulnerable Author:Mark Rutte
“We must continue to liberalise the single market, cut red tape and basically create a digital single market. We have not completed the single market yet, there is not sufficient free movement of goods, labour, services and money. We have to keep on working at that against all the protectionist tendencies that we have right now.” EconomyCuttingMovementRight NowRedTendenciesSufficientLabourDigitalGoodsTapeRed TapeFree Movement Author:Alexander Stubb