Robert C. Solomon Quotes

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.

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

Europe is one thing. The euro is something else.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

The single currency should allow the European Union, and therefore France, to balance its monetary strength with the United States. It should help us adjust to the development of China.

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.

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

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 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.

At the time of the formation of the euro, I would say most American economists said that's not a good idea; that's not a currency area that makes sense. And the answer from Europe was, 'How is Missouri and Mississippi a currency area?' But the flaw in that was not recognizing the importance of mobility.

The heart of the matter is that the very nature of the European Union, and of this country's relationship with it, has fundamentally changed after the coming into being of the European monetary union and the creation of the eurozone, of which - quite rightly - we are not a part.

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

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

The strongest institution in the hands of the European Union is the euro.

Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.

The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.

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