Mo Ibrahim Quotes

Today the main, over-riding purpose of the European Union is different: not to win peace, but to secure prosperity.

Whatever the details of union may be, there's no doubt we need more policy coordination in Europe.

After choosing monetary union, further political union and workable governance in Europe was always going to be necessary.

The Marshall Plan was after destruction, and the U.S. came to our help and obviously this was very, very important for the future of Europe. I think now we have all the capabilities of doing it on our own and, in a sense, we have to.

After World War II it was decided that, in order to prevent the Germans and the French from having another war, it would be better to tie them together into one economic pact so they would invest in each other and have mutual stakes. Until now, that has worked to prevent warfare between the two.

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.

Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro.

We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization.

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.

The creation of a United States of Europe is a necessity if one considers the economic and technical situation.

This is what the European Union is all about. A strong market with a strong currency.

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

I see us very much at the heart of Europe. We are founding members of the single market; we are founding members of the euro.

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

You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not.

At the core of the European Union must be, as it is now, the single market. Britain is at the heart of that Single Market, and must remain so.

We should believe in the strength and vitality of the values which constitute the E.U. and which neighbouring states can believe in and aspire to join.

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.

If you put all the European countries together, we are the biggest economy in the world.

The EU is not a country and it's not going to become a country, in my view, now or ever in the future. It is a group of countries working together.

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.

A country like France now does two-thirds of its trade within the euro zone.

Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world.

To be in the EU, it means to have same rules of... for economy, for social life, to be together in the majority of European countries.