“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.” PeopleMeanPositionEuropeObligationGreekConsistentlyParticipationGreeceEuro Author:Lucas Papademos
“European Union partners never said European Union partners're going to renege on any promises, European Union partners said that European Union partners promises concern a four-year parliamentary term, european Union partners will be spaced out in an optimal way, in a way that is in tune with our bargaining stance in Europe and also with the fiscal position of the Greek state.” WayYearsSaidStatesTermFourPositionPromiseEuropeConcernUnionsPartnersGreekTunesFour YearsEuropean UnionStanceBargainingParliamentaryOptimal Author:Yanis Varoufakis
“This is a very special Greek kind of socialist, all the social democratic parties in Europe are against this idea and I think that the dividing line today in the Greek political system is not the centre right or socialist, the real dividing line is between those parties and those political forces who really believe that Greece should stay in the Eurozone and make the efforts and change, and make the reforms and change the old and Mr Tsipras who is really resisting any kind of change in Greece.” ThinkingShouldBelieveKindIdeasRealTodayPoliticalForceSocialLinesPartyEffortSpecialEuropeDemocraticReformGreekSocialistCentreGreeceDemocratic PartyPolitical SystemsResistingDividingEurozone Author:Dora Bakoyannis
“The western nations of Europe, who now so immeasurably surpass their former savage progenitors, and stand at the summit of civilization, owe little or none of their superiority to direct inheritance from the old Greeks, though they owe much to the written works of that wonderful people.” PeopleLittlesNationsWonderfulWrittenCivilizationEuropeDirectWesternFormerGreekSavagesSuperiorityInheritanceSummitOld Greek Book:Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Source: Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
“We all have to accept accusations that we ignored the refugee crisis for far too long. The first time that I referred to the Mediterranean Sea as Europe's cemetery was in October 2013, when hundreds of people drowned off Lampedusa. Italians, Maltese, Greeks and Spaniards have been pleading for help for years. But nobody cared.” PeopleYearsFirstsLongHas BeensHelpingAcceptingSeaFirst TimeEuropeCrisisGreekIgnoredRefugeeOctoberCemeteryAccusationPleadingNobody CaresRefugee CrisisSpaniardsMediterranean Sea Author:Martin Schulz
“I've had lots of discussions with my Muslim brothers and sisters who have said to me, "Christianity is a white man's religion" But I'm like, "how is that possible when Christianity went into Africa before it ever went into central Europe?" Even the first people to become a Christian nation were not Romans, they weren't the Byzantines either, they weren't the Greeks... the first people to claim a Christian empire were the Armenians.” PeopleMenFirstsSaidChristianNationsWhiteChristianityBrotherEuropeClaimsDiscussionGreekEmpiresWhite ManBrothers And SistersArmeniansChristian NationByzantine Author:Immortal Technique
“Germany is Europe's heart. But bitterness is widespread. Currently the Germans hate the Greeks and the Greeks hate the Germans. The demonization of the country has to stop if we want a strong Europe. So I am setting a positive example.” IfsWantHeartCountryHateStrongExampleEuropeSettingSettingsGreekGermanyBitterness Author:Yanis Varoufakis
“"Democracy" means nothing else other than, "rule of the people", in Greek. There is nothing democratic about the political concepts of the United States and Europe.” PeopleMeanStatesPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyConceptsEuropeDemocraticGreek Author:Andre Vltchek
“I would describe that [friendship with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras] as a utilitarian friendship. At the time, his country was facing the prospect of leaving the euro zone and many Greeks felt abandoned by Europe. In such a situation, it seemed appropriate to me to present myself as a friend to Greece. It had to do with the country's dignity.” CountryFeltSituationEuropeDignityLeavingMinistersGreekAppropriateZonePrimeAbandonedPrime MinisterGreeceEuroUtilitarianAlexis Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“Not possessing definite geographical boundaries, at least in the East - its distinction from Asia is problematic, considering that two large countries, Russia and Turkey, stretch between the two continents - , Europe, from the beginning, has defined itself from the perspective of the constitutive specificity of its philosophical principles: the freedom of the Greek cities as opposed to the Asian despotic regimes. Although these principles were often contradicted and reversed into their opposite, the idea of Europe is inseparable from them.” TwoIdeasCountryCitiesPrinciplesPerspectiveEuropeOppositesPhilosophicalEastRussiaBoundariesDefinedGreekDistinctionRegimesContinentsConsideringDefiniteAsiaTurkeysAsianInseparablePossessingSpecificity Author:Roberto Esposito
“The Bible affects everybody's life who is a Christian, from the middle class in Europe to the peasant in Africa and Asia. The Bible has affected their lives, but in translation, since they do not read the Bible in the original Greek or Hebrew.” ChristianClassMiddleEuropeOriginalsGreekMiddle ClassAffectedAsiaTranslationsPeasantsHebrew Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o
“A lot of names in America and Europe have their roots in Latin and Greek words. A lot of them go back to archetypes and their stories.” StoriesAmericaNamesEuropeRootsGreekLatinArchetypeLatin And Greek Author:Maynard James Keenan
“[Pope Francis] continued to focus on migrants. He visited the Greek island of Lesbos, which was the front line of the European migrant crisis. And a month later, he accepted a prestigious European Union prize, but he scolded Europe for its treatment of migrants. And in a speech echoing Martin Luther King, he said I have a dream of a Europe where being a migrant is not a crime. So, yeah, he showed he can be quite outspoken on political issues.” SaidDreamPoliticalLinesIssuesFocusFrontsCrimeMonthsKingsSpeechEuropeCrisisYeahUnionsAcceptedGreekIslandsTreatmentPrizePopeLutherEuropean UnionMigrantsOutspokenPolitical IssuesPrestigiousScolded Author:Sylvia Poggioli
“I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in Europe. Greeks, especially on the islands, have shown extraordinary compassion and they've rightly earned the admiration of the world.” PeopleWorldWantCompassionEuropeCrisisSafetyResponseExtraordinarySeekingHumanitarianGreekIslandsAdmirationRefugeeMigrants Author:Barack Obama
“Political uncertainty around the world has more than doubled since the election of Trump. To find anything comparable we have to go way back, to the late 1920s for example, the times of the Great Depression. Or think of the United Kingdom in the 1970s, when the International Monetary Fund had to help the country out with a dramatic rescue operation. Up until the Greek crisis, that was the last time that the IMF was forced to intervene to such an extent in Europe.” ThinkingWorldWayCountryHelpingLastsPoliticalUnitedExampleTrumpLateEuropeElectionCrisisInternationalKingdomsAround The WorldUncertaintyOperationsGreekDramaticFundRescueLast TimeMonetaryGreat DepressionUnited KingdomImf Author:Nicholas Bloom
“I think that the real tragedy of Greece - aside of the savagery of European bureaucracy, Brussels bureaucracy and northern banks, which was really savage - is that the Greek crisis didn't have to erupt. It could have been taken care of pretty easily at the very beginning. But it happened and Syriza came into office with a declared commitment to combat it, and in fact as I recall they actually called a referendum, which horrified Europe.” ThinkingHas BeensRealFactsCareTakenHappenedOfficeCommitmentEuropeTragedyCrisisGreekCombatRecallsSavagesBureaucracyCould Have BeenGreeceSavageryReferendumsBrussels Author:Noam Chomsky
“Greece, alone, is in a very vulnerable position. If the Greeks had had support from progressive left and popular forces elsewhere in Europe they might have been able to resist the demands of the Troika, but they had almost no support. Not even from Portugal, Spain, or other left forces. They were left alone.” IfsHas BeensMightAbleLeftForceSupportPositionDemandEuropeVulnerableGreekProgressiveElsewhereSpainMight Have BeenGreeceLeft AlonePortugal Author:Noam Chomsky
“Europe is war. Economic war. It is the increase of hostilities between the countries. Germans are denigrated as being cruel, the Greeks as fraudsters, the French as lazy. Ms. Merkel can't travel to any European country without being protected by hundreds of police. That is not brotherhood.” WarCountryEconomicEuropeIncreasePoliceGreekLazyBrotherhoodProtectedHostilityEuropean Countries Author:Marine Le Pen
“Well what would happen is that if Greece defaulted and couldn't pay its debts, all the Greek bonds that are held in other banking systems across Western Europe would suddenly have no value. You could as a knock-on effect create a banking crisis in Western Europe.” IfsWellsHappensValuesPayEffectsEuropeCrisisWesternDebtGreekBankingGreeceBanking SystemWestern EuropeBanking Crisis Author:John Major
“Well, as I said, you know the issue of Greek debt, they've grasped the principle of debt reduction. I think most people would argue that probably more needs to be done on that front, and they've just begun to take the first steps to accepting that there's going to have to be much closer economic integration in Europe.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsFirstsWellsSaidDoneAcceptingStepsPrinciplesIssuesEconomicFrontsEuropeDebtArguingGreekFirst StepsIntegrationReductionEconomic Integration Author:Vince Cable
“The people and the cultures of what is known as Africa are older than the word 'Africa.' According to most records, old and new, Africans are the oldest people on the face of the earth. The people now called Africans not only influenced the Greeks and the Romans, they influenced the early world before there was a place called Europe.” PeopleWorldEarthFacesCultureKnownRecordsEuropeGreekOld And New Author:John Henrik Clarke
“While the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum , or in disputes about Hebrew points, Greek particles, or the accent and quantity of the Roman language, the youth of America will be employed in acquiring those branches of knowledge which increase the conveniences of life.” HumansCountryAmericaPoliticalLanguageSocialUnderstandingEducationYouthEuropeIncreaseMiseryPopulationOur CountryRuinsGreekBranchesQuantityAccentsEmployedDisputesLecturesParticlesConvenienceAntiquityHebrew Author:Benjamin Rush
“And, with much of Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, and Mussolini's armies in Albania, on the Greek frontier, one wasn't sure what came next. So, don't trust the telephone. Or the newspapers. Or the radio. Or tomorrow.” NextTomorrowEuropeArmyRadioNewspapersGreekGermanyNaziTelephonesFrontiersDon't TrustNazi GermanyAlbania Book:Spies of the Balkans: A Novel Source: Spies of the Balkans: A Novel