With hindsight, it is always easy to blame everyone else..

Greece is not a country that can be humiliated. It is a matter of finding an intersection between the reasonable elements of both sides [EU and Greec….

Those who are saying that Mario Draghi is in the camp of those trying to push Greece outside the Euroarea, are wrong..

Yesterday's shining heroes of Brexit have become the sorrowful heroes of today..

My friendship with Martin [Schulz], by contrast, is completely different in that it goes far beyond politics..

The use of EU summits to frame political victories or defeats is an annoying habit..

I would have thought that they [Boris Johnson and Nigel Farag] would have had a plan,instead of developing a plan they are leaving the boat..

The European Union has decades of experience in overcoming crises and has always emerged stronger after..

The Luxembourg financial centre is based on several pillars, we are characterised by the breadth of our product range, we are an active participant i….

Without the Turkey agreement, tens of thousands of refugees would still be stuck in Greece. The Commission presented proposals for securing Europe's ….

The Greek nation has to be respected. I am not in the camp of those who openly want to humiliate Greece..

I have a plan. It entails leading to a fair deal and relationship with the British. We will be reasonable, but we will also negotiate firmly and with….

God understands more about the financial markets than many who write about them..

When it becomes serious, you have to lie..

I am chilled by the realization of how similar circumstances in Europe in 2013 are to those of 100 years ago..

I'm always quite amazed that people in Europe become unnerved when two institutions or two people have different views..

Anyone who believes that the eternal question of war and peace in Europe is no longer there risks being deeply mistaken..

I would describe that [friendship with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras] as a utilitarian friendship. At the time, his country was facing the pros….

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 midd….

But it is the best thing that we have for bringing the countries of Europe around the same table and for forging compromises so that people here can ….

The problem is: When two governments or institutions in Europe hold differing opinions, it is immediately a crisis..