“We have been in recess since July, and during that time there has 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 to be called the Bankruptcy Bill [Commons], because we play no role.” Has BeensWarPlayLordRolesMiddleOughtTomorrowVoteCrisisBillsEastFuelMiddle EastCollapseJulyBankruptcyEuroRecessDanishInsolvency Author:Tony Benn
“The EU is mired in deep structural crisis. Greece, Portugal and Ireland cannot survive inside the Euro.” CrisisIrelandGreeceEuroPortugal Author:Nigel Farage
“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?"” YearsCareAsksCrisisClimate ChangeCliffsEuroArcticFiscal CliffEuro Crisis Author:Bill McKibben
“I am sure the euro will oblige us to introduce a new set of economic policy instruments. It is politically impossible to propose that now. But some day there will be a crisis and new instruments will be created.” ImpossibleEconomicPolicyCrisisInstrumentsIntroducingProposeEuroEconomic Policy Author:Romano Prodi
“Tunisia is extremely dependent on economic conditions in Europe, which is why it also experienced shockwaves from the euro crisis.” EconomicConditionsEuropeCrisisDependentEuroTunisiaEuro Crisis Author:Alvaro de Vasconcelos
“Germany has acted effectively during the euro crisis. It needs to build on this to engage in other spheres too.” NeedsCrisisGermanySpheresEuroEuro Crisis Author:Joachim Gauck
“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.” ProblemBigsSufferingNextEventsPossibilityInternetCrisisNuclearComplexityOnlineKillersFluEuroBig ProblemsProliferationOverloadNuclear ProliferationEuro Crisis Author:John L. Casti
“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.” EndsCountryMembersVoteCrisisUnionsBritishAffectedCurrencyRefugeeEuroRefugee Crisis Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“Concerning the common currency: today, the euro is not worth it for Poland. The reason why we survived the financial and economic crisis quite well is that we have a national currency. This will not change in the near future.” WellsReasonTodayCommonEconomicCrisisFinancialReason WhyCurrencyWorth ItSurvivedEuroPolandEconomic CrisisNot Worth It Author:Jaroslaw Kaczynski
“It will not be possible to solve the current crisis with euro bonds.” CrisisCurrentsSolveEuro Author:Angela Merkel
“At this time - we're in a dramatic crisis - euro bonds are precisely the wrong answer. They lead us into a debt union, not a stability union. Each country has to take its own steps to reduce its debt.” CountryAnswersStepsCrisisUnionsDebtDramaticStabilityEuroWrong Answers Author:Angela Merkel