• Countries

  Germany is the biggest economy of Europe and we need Germany on board for the economic reforms of Europe, including, of course, the deepening of the internal market, resisting protectionism, and supporting further economic policy coordination.

  4.3 · 59 votes · 62 reads

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• Government and Politics

  Governments are not always right.

  4.7 · 59 votes · 78 reads

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• Time

  Growth based on debt is unsustainable, artificial.

  3.0 · 5 votes · 195 reads

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  I am a very committed European.

  3.8 · 47 votes · 188 reads

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  I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe.

  4.2 · 34 votes · 190 reads

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• Society

  I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.

  3.5 · 44 votes · 141 reads

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• Art and Culture

  I say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.

  3.1 · 43 votes · 57 reads

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  I think diversity can also be a resource, an asset, especially in a world that is becoming globalized, to deal with difference, to deal with variety, to deal with complexity.

  4.3 · 55 votes · 176 reads

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• Time

  I very often compare relations between states to relations with people. Sometimes we are nicer to those we don't know well, who are not our friends, than we are to our friends, because with our friends we don't need to be nice all the time.

  3.3 · 15 votes · 7 reads

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• Various

  I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the other countries.

  3.1 · 30 votes · 98 reads

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  In the age of globalisation, pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

  4.0 · 53 votes · 132 reads

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  Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

  4.2 · 9 votes · 107 reads

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  Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the sa

  3.8 · 21 votes · 64 reads

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• Society

  My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university.

  4.0 · 50 votes · 25 reads

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  Norway or Switzerland are two marvelous countries, I very much admire, the most advanced countries in the world in fact with great qualities of life.

  4.2 · 58 votes · 102 reads

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  Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.

  4.2 · 51 votes · 81 reads

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• Time

  Smart, sustainable, inclusive growth is the key to job-creation and the future prosperity of Europe.

  4.9 · 30 votes · 22 reads

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  The dynamic of globalisation in financial and economic terms, but also in geopolitical terms, confronts Europeans with a stark choice: live together, share a common destiny and count in the world; or face the prospect of disunity and decline.

  4.3 · 62 votes · 182 reads

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• Countries

  The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.

  3.3 · 62 votes · 65 reads

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  The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union.

  5.0 · 55 votes · 80 reads

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• Virtues

  The Eurogroup decisions are always taken unanimously.

  4.9 · 6 votes · 29 reads

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  The new narrative for Europe should be about the need to have a responsible organisation, the need to be able to defend our interests and promote our values, like human rights.

  3.9 · 38 votes · 109 reads

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• Virtues

  There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability.

  3.9 · 37 votes · 102 reads

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• Government and Politics

  There's a tendency in many politicians to become inward-looking, more protectionist, more nationalistic and more defensive, in the bad sense of the word.

  4.8 · 34 votes · 6 reads

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• Thought and Reason

  Usually I don't comment on comments of others.

  3.2 · 10 votes · 200 reads

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• Time

  We need open, competitive, market economies... but at the same time with effective regulation and supervision.

  4.9 · 11 votes · 3 reads

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• Society

  What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open.

  4.9 · 51 votes · 191 reads

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• Society

  You have to understand that to have a revolution when you are 18 years old is completely different from normal political leaders who were born in a democracy and will die in a democracy and never to have experienced that change. I have seen that change.

  3.1 · 32 votes · 189 reads

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• Feelings

  You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of fear.

  3.1 · 12 votes · 110 reads

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