“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.” MeanSituationEuropeDirectContactCurrencyEuroKosovo Author:Ibrahim Rugova
“I want the whole of Europe to have one currency; it will make trading much easier.” WantWholeEasierEuropeCurrencyTrading Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“(I)t is highly questionable whether when 'Europe speaks with one voice', as we are so often told it is doing, anyone is really listening. Europe's reputation as a serious player in international affairs is unenviable. It is a feeble giant who desperate attempts to be taken seriously are largely risible. It has a weak currency and a sluggish inflexible economy, still much reliant on hidden protectionism. It has a shrinking, ageing, population and, with the exception of Britain, rather unimpressive armed forces and, not excepting Britain, muddled diplomacy.” StillsSpeakForceVoiceEconomyTakenPlayerSeriousListeningEuropeWeakAffairInternationalPopulationReputationGiantsDesperateBritainExceptionCurrencyDiplomacyAgeingArmed ForcesShrinkingQuestionableSluggishProtectionismInternational Affairs Author:Margaret Thatcher
“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.” WellsHas BeensStatesUnitedUnited StatesEuropeRaisedJapanCurrencyReservesEuro Author:Robert C. Solomon
“India is like Europe. This means there isone currency and numerous languages andcultures. And this is a 'Europe' made up ofvarious cultures.” MeanMadeCultureLanguageEuropeIndiaCurrency Author:Raj Thackeray
“I have criticized it [Europe], but I repeat: we keep 40 percent of our gold and foreign currency reserves in euros, we are not interested in the collapse of the Eurozone, but I do not rule out the possibility of decisions being made that would consolidate a group of countries equal in economic development and this, in my opinion, will lead to a consolidation of the euro. But there can also be some interim decisions in order to keep the present number of members of the Eurozone unchanged.” MadeCountryOrderDecisionNumbersOpinionGroupsEconomicPossibilityDevelopmentEqualMembersPercentEuropeGoldRepeatsCollapseNot InterestedCurrencyReservesEuroEconomic DevelopmentConsolidationEurozoneInterim Author:Vladimir Putin
“It is very difficult to enter a single currency zone having fairly weak economic parameters and maintain a favourable state of the economy, not to mention positive growth rates. We have witnessed it not only in Europe, but for example in Argentina (nearly 10 years ago or more), when they tied the national currency to the dollar and later they did not know what to do about it.” KnowsYearsStatesDifficultGrowthEconomyEconomicExampleEuropeYears AgoWeakDollarsRateZoneTiedCurrencyArgentinaParameters Author:Vladimir Putin
“This is also evident in Europe, not the dependence on oil and gas, but the fact that structural reforms are long overdue, and I think that the leading economies are very pragmatic and efficient in addressing the issues facing the European economy. That is why we keep approximately 40 percent of our gold and foreign currency reserves in euros.” ThinkingLongFactsEconomyIssuesPercentEuropeGoldOilReformGasEfficientCurrencyReservesDependenceEvidentPragmaticEuroOverdueOil And Gas Author:Vladimir Putin
“There is a proposal to divide the currency zone into a north and a south euro. There is also the idea of setting up a core monetary union in the middle of Europe. I disapprove of these debates. Instead, we should devote all of our efforts to supplementing the monetary union with a political union.” ShouldIdeasPoliticalEffortMiddleEuropeUnionsSouthDebateCoreSettingSettingsZoneDividesCurrencyProposalMonetaryEuro Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“We don't need a strongman. But we need a strong country that is not subordinate to Europe. With its own currency, for example.” NeedsCountryStrongExampleEuropeCurrencySubordinates Author:Matteo Salvini
“We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization.” EuropeEmbraceUnityCurrencyIntegrationGlobalizationSingle RelationshipEuropean Integration Author:Peter Mandelson
“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.” KindCountryAbilityPolicyMembersEuropeIndependentPursueCurrencyStrainJointsMonetaryEuroUnifiedSustainingMonetary PolicyFiscal Policy Author:Amity Shlaes
“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.” PoliticalWishFictionExpressionEuropeCurrencyEuro Author:George Will