Quotes on Euro

Stabilizing the euro is one thing, healing the culture that surrounds it is another. A world in which material values are everything and spiritual values nothing is neither a stable state nor a good society. The time has come for us to recover the Judeo-Christian ethic of human dignity in the image of God.

One of the arguments I make for the failure of the euro is that, at the time it was being constructed, there was a 'neo-liberal' ideology which said that all we need to do to make this thing work is to get deficits low, keep inflation low, and take down barriers, and then everything would be fine.

While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if it's hard. Invest in the spirit.

While it was an experiment to bring them together, nothing has divided Europe as much as the euro.

Governments must commit to sound economic and financial policies. This is how we ensure reform in the euro area - and our independence.

Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. Believe me, it will be enough.

If people do not believe in Europe and in the euro area, it must be dismantled.