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- Nov 07, 2020
Eurozone Quotes
On Greece, Berlin, and the arguments over a shared currency.
These quotes track the eurozone through crisis language: Greece's place in it defended against those who'd undermine it, Athens named as a starting point for spreading trouble, and Berlin's insistence that states answer for their own finances. Read more in Argument quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
Berlin has traditionally backed a rules-based eurozone in which every member state is responsible for its own finances, including bank bailouts, with political union limited to a fiscal overlord's possessing veto power over national budgets that violate the rules.
- Finance
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Eurozone allows for the largely unimpeded movement of people, goods, services, and capital across borders. It has also resulted in unprecedented cooperation on crime, security, and finance among its members.
- Financial
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- Nov 07, 2020
The participation of our country in the eurozone is a guarantee for the country's monetary stability. It is a driver of financial prosperity.
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our eurozone partners have made it clear: The choice is between staying in or getting out of the eurozone.
- Confidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thank all of those deputies who supported the government and gave it a vote of confidence. I believe each of those votes represents a responsible decision to avoid placing our country's membership of the eurozone in danger.
- Depression
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- Nov 07, 2020
An overwhelming number of economists, international civil servants, and policy-makers argue that a fragmentation of the Eurozone would cause a new depression and massive wealth destruction around the world. It would also end the period of economic integration that has characterized world politics since the end of the Cold War.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My main argument against staying in the E.U. has been the poor economic record of the E.U. as a whole and the eurozone in particular. The performance has got worse the more the E.U. has developed joint policies and central controls.
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many have wondered if Greece's economy would get so bad that it would eventually break away from the Eurozone - a move that could encourage other countries to follow and therefore splinter the currency union.
- Question
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- Nov 07, 2020
There must be no question for us that we in the European Union and the eurozone stand by Greece in solidarity.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are near, very near, to an end to the eurozone crisis... The worst - in the sense of the fear of the eurozone breaking up - is over. But the best isn't there yet.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can confirm that Poland should become a eurozone country, and not just because of the treaties that have been signed, but because I consider it of strategic interest both for Poland and the E.U.
- Colleagues
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the directives that govern the way we do business to the chilling effect of the eurozone crisis on our exports, the European Union pervades our daily lives like never before. Like many of my colleagues on the Tory benches, I believe that renegotiating the terms of our membership is vital for this country's long-term prosperity.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
Britain is not in the single currency, and we're not going to be. But we all need the eurozone to have the right governance and structures to secure a successful currency for the long term.
- Flaws
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- Nov 07, 2020
Observers and even some officials raise questions about the future of Greece as part of the Eurozone, while the Eurozone itself struggles to deal with fundamental flaws at the heart of its architecture.
- Budget
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- Nov 07, 2020
A Syriza government will respect Greece's obligation as a eurozone member to maintain a balanced budget and will commit to quantitative targets.
- Creation
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- Nov 07, 2020