Lucas Papademos Quotes

We will do whatever we could do to keep Greece inside the euro and inside Europe.

I hope Greece is going to remain in the Euro zone.

Greece wishes to be part of the eurozone, but it must, of course, go through with the necessary reforms to make this happen.

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.

The Greek people do not want to exit the euro. And I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have made major sacrifices to stay in the euro zone.

Greece is a medium-sized country in Europe. Our debt accounts for only 2.5 percent of the total of all members of the euro zone.

More cuts were needed to avoid exiting the eurozone.

Our eurozone partners have made it clear: The choice is between staying in or getting out of the eurozone.

When national debts have once been accumulated to a certain degree, there is scarce, I believe, a single instance of their having been fairly and completely paid. The liberation of the public revenue, if it has ever been brought about at all, has always been brought about by bankruptcy; sometimes by an avowed one, but always by a real one, though frequently by a pretend payment.

Civil servants are fully aware of the challenges the British economy faces. They are, after all, working tirelessly and professionally to support the coalition government through the current challenges, every day, and in every part of Britain.

We have no intention of leaving the euro. In no way will we experiment with the future of our country.

Greece isn't a democracy now it's run through a troika - three foreign officials that fly into Athens airport and tell the Greeks what they can and can't do.

Deficits. Most people of knowledge say it's the biggest single problem facing the economic free world.

A very difficult year is ahead of us. We must continue our efforts with decisiveness, to stay in the euro, to make sure we do not waste the sacrifices and do not turn the crisis into an uncontrolled and disastrous bankruptcy.

All of the problems we're facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It's called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics only works in a fantasy world. It doesn't work in reality.

For the next three years, we're going to see different economies work out different problems. For European economies, especially Greece, it would be through default.

We all have our problems and we are working to find a solution to ours and also to help the eurozone. We expect that other countries should do the same, that they be prudent in their statements.

We have major fiscal problems on our hand.

I think there will be no government bankruptcy in Greece.

Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro.

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.

Discussions of the economy, especially during times of crisis, are often framed in terms of lessons we supposedly learned during the Depression of the 1930s. If we are not to endure terrible times like those again, we are told, we must support whatever form of state intervention is currently being peddled.

Europe is on an economic collision course with reality.

Difficult economic conditions require us to face difficult economic choices.

The International Monetary Fund is the doctor to sick economies.