“First of all, Greece won't go down. We're talking about a country that is capable of making change. Europe will not allow the destabilization of the 27-country euro zone. But if there were no action, then markets would start becoming jittery about other countries - and not only Spain and Portugal, but other countries in the European Union.” IfsFirstsCountryActionTalkingBecomingCapableEuropeUnionsZoneOther CountriesSpainGreeceMaking ChangesEuropean UnionEuroPortugal Author:George Papandreou
“There are countries that are near ours which are in the situation which we all know. I want to say that this is not the case of Spain now and it will not be in the future.” KnowsWantCountrySituationCasesSpain Author:Mariano Rajoy
“In Spain and Italy I would not have a life among the fans. Everyone wants to touch you, own you and approach you. I try to be as kind as possible to all my fans, but in those countries I could not do it. There they ask too much from you.” WantTryingKindCountryAsksSportsToo MuchFansApproachSpain Author:Ruud van Nistelrooy
“Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps.” CountryKindnessPromiseThousandDiedConcentrationNeglectCampsOther CountriesTemptedSpainConcentration CampSpaniardsFalse Promises Author:Martha Gellhorn
“Eden ha[s] put his country in a position where she sustained the greatest diplomatic reverse since Bismarck in similar circumstances had called Palmerston's bluff in the matter of Schleswig-Holstein...Further damage was done when Russia proved by her action in Spain, that she was not a good European as Mr. Eden had assured the world was the case.” WorldCountryMatterDoneActionCasesPositionCircumstancesRussiaDamageReverseSpainAssuredEdenDiplomaticBluffsBismarck Author:Anthony Eden
“There are too many coming from different countries. When we started, foreign players were in the minority. All the best players from Spain, France, Brazil, Argentina are going to England. And Ireland is bound to suffer.” DifferentCountrySufferingPlayerEnglandBoundsFranceMinoritiesIrelandSpainBrazilBest PlayersArgentinaAll The BestDifferent Countries Author:Kevin Kilbane