Thom Tillis Quotes

I think it's often discussed that leaving the Euro is an option for Greece. I think this is really not an option.

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

The shadow of an exit of Greece from the euro zone takes on ever clearer shape, repeated apparently final attempts to reach a deal are starting to make the whole process look ridiculous. There is an ever greater number of people who feel as if the Greek government is giving them the run-around.

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.

Few in Europe imagined the incompetence and dishonesty of Greek economic managers would bring the entire European project into question.

It's a European Union of economic failure, of mass unemployment and of low growth.

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

I think there will be no government bankruptcy in Greece.

Europe and the euro zone have no reason, rationally, to push Greece out of the euro. But this is a system in which many parties, many countries, many governments, many electorates participate and we could have events which, rationally, are not controllable.

Greece's debt is going to be a function of a lot of factors down the road.

The euro is... a failed currency, a wrong currency, a failed experiment.

Greece is at a dangerous crossroads. Other countries-Portugal, Ireland, maybe Spain-are coming behind it.

I think the facts reveal that the European partners have taken extraordinary measures to help Greece address its problems.

The vast majority of Greeks accept the need for reform and want to keep our country inside the euro zone.

So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon.

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.

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.

I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has proved for some of the countries in it.

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.

The Greek people today voted for Greece to remain on its European path and in the eurozone.

We only have a Plan A. The acceptance and full implementation of the existing plan, the so-called Plan A, is the best solution for Greece, for the euro zone and also for creditors and holders.

If Spain goes under, Italy will come under even more scrutiny.

As austerity measures were foisted upon Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and other highly indebted countries, growth was rendered even more elusive, aggravating unemployment

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

We saw in Greece how dangerous it is if a country has a bigger and bigger debt, and I hope that we will not have a second Greece in our neighbouring country, Italy.