Margaret Thatcher Quotes

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

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

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

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.

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

I can understand countries don't want to join the euro, but they cannot impede the consolidation and strengthening of the eurozone.

The euro is going to continue to be the largest single trading block.

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.

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.

I was sure we would never see the adoption of the Euro. Countries giving up their currencies for a common tender was, it seemed to me, completely out of tune with currency being a carrier of people's cultural identity, celebrating national heroes and events, as it had been for hundreds of years.

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.

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.

In reality, the euro is a currency created by Germany for Germany. It’s a suit that only fits Germany.

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.

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

Europe must dissipate any doubts over the euro, affirm that the euro is an irreversible project and act in consequence.

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.

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

For many countries, monetary sovereignty is nothing more than an unattainable ideal.

It's in our interests that the euro is a successful, strong currency.

Leave the euro? Surely yes.