Jose Manuel Barroso Quotes

Public confidence in, and support for, the euro - and, indeed, the European Union - will ultimately be determined by how well we deliver on growth and jobs rather than on institutional wrangling and complex legal or technical negotiations.

Foreign and domestic investors will come only when they know that you have enough power.

The savings rate in Italy is high, but the markets do not trust Italy even though it's the third largest economy in the European Union and the eighth in the world.

When you have stability, you have at least an opportunity to enjoy prosperity because investment flows. Business tends to follow the flag. When they find a secure environment, they will invest.

Being in the European Union has its advantages, and I think that is what the British are beginning to understand, what those who are tempted by the Brexit are going to reflect upon.

Many businesses in Yorkshire want the security and stability of Britain's continued membership of the European Union, a cause I look forward to championing passionately in this place and elsewhere.

I voted to remain because I thought it was costly and complicated to leave the EU, and that is clearly still the case. But there are opportunities and challenges.

When people start to believe that the same administration will continue with the same policies for three or four years, they start to think about capital investment.

The idea seems to be to use the next treaty talks to strike a grand bargain: Britain will be helpful to those states wishing to establish a fiscal union among themselves if, in exchange, we can amicably derogate from the aspects of the EU which we dislike.

In the long term, Germany didn't need a finance minister who was absent during important negotiations in the European Council. But the chancellor strongly encouraged me to stay. And everything did work out for the best in the end.

The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.

We know our responsibilities to our investors, and one of our challenges has always been preventing foreign investors from thinking that Indonesia is not a good place to invest.

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.

It is important to show our European partners that Portugal is a governable country.

I don’t care a damn about stocks and bonds, but I don’t want to see them go down the first day I am President.

We perceive political stability to be the first necessity of economic development.

We believe that from both a German and a Polish perspective, it is desirable for Great Britain to remain in the European Union.

I think Brexit is disappointing from an economic perspective.

I believe that there are better opportunities to keep people safe if we are outside the European Union.

Even if the Brits decide to remain, we will have to avoid a contagion on other countries.

If I was British, I would vote resolutely 'remain' because it's in the U.K.'s interest.

As a businessman, you need economic certainty. On the tax policies. You need it on your regulatory policies.

We need Britain not only to stay in the E.U. but to be very active in it.

I am absolutely convinced that the E.U. will still be around. I am convinced the U.K. will be sitting at that table and not negotiating an exit, but being there to stay.

If I've learnt anything over the last six years it's that the most important thing is the strength of our economy. That is how we pay for our NHS, how we build schools, how we provide opportunities for people. And I'm in absolutely no doubt that our economy will be stronger if we stay in and will be weaker and at risk if we leave.