John Naisbitt Quotes

A national currency, with the Euro as a common currency - that wouldn't bother me.

The designs of the paper euros, introduced in 2002, proclaim a utopian aspiration. Gone are the colorful bills of particular nations, featuring pictures of national heroes of statecraft, culture and the arts, pictures celebrating unique national narratives. With the euro, 16 nations have said goodbye to all that.

I think there are going to be more countries joining the euro.

Some countries that are close to Europe that already hold Deutschemarks, clearly would automatically hold euros, those are countries in Eastern Europe mainly, a few countries in Africa.

It seems like cloud cuckoo land... If anyone is suggesting that I would go to Parliament and suggest the abolition of the pound sterling — no! ... We have made it quite clear that we will not have a single currency imposed on us.

Europe is one thing. The euro is something else.

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

The euro is a vital issue for Germany. There is no other country that derives as much benefit from the common domestic market and the monetary union as Germany.

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.

I have never said I would adopt the euro. Not today, not tomorrow, not in five years. We will introduce the euro when it will benefit Poles and Poland.

The Euro was a terrible mistake, one that is very difficult to unmake.

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

A country outside the euro zone cannot have a veto over countries in the euro zone.

The 1992 crisis proved that the existing system was unstable. Not moving forward to the euro would have set up Europe for even more disruptive crises.

If we have a common currency, the main regulator for policy in the country is the fiscal policy.

The participation of our country in the eurozone is a guarantee for the country's monetary stability. It is a driver of financial prosperity.

Europe unified its monetary policy through the euro before it unified politically, therefore sustaining member countries' abilities to pursue the kind of independent fiscal policies that can strain a joint currency.

It's political glue inside Europe to keep it together - the euro is the best thing going for it since the creation of the common market.

We have the EURO as a currency, which means a lot. It has not just stabilized the situation in Kosovo politically and economically, but also facilitated the direct contact that we have with Europe.

The only way to have several currencies from divergent nations lumped together is if they are culturally close, such as Germany, the Netherlands and Austria. If they aren't, it simply can't continue to work.

Indeed, the creators of the euro envisioned it as an instrument to promote political union.

A common currency imposes on us a duty to cooperate more on policy.

In order to consolidate the euro we need to harmonise our economic, fiscal and social policies, hence we are going toward greater integration.

I think that the tying of the Montenegrin economy with the euro is a much better option than the adventure of printing our own currency.

There are plenty of ways countries may come together without having a single currency.