Matteo Salvini Quotes

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

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

Europe is one thing. The euro is something else.

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.

When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances.

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

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.

If the euro fails, Europe fails.

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

The most important thing is to defend the euro.

Let's start with the euro. What on earth were we thinking? How could anyone with the faintest grasp of economics have believed it was anything other than sheer insanity to yoke together diverse national economies such as Greece, Ireland, Germany and Finland under a single exchange rate and a single interest rate?

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

A Greek exit from the E.U. and the euro would mean the Greek economy would be difficult to sustain.

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

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

It is a responsibility we perceive from the entire international community to protect the stability of the single currency as well as the European frame work.

We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies.

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.

The bottom line is that the euro is a failed experiment.

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.

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

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

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 Europeans governments have massively changed the landscape in Europe. There is no doubt about it. They have put together the European Financial Stability Fund. They have discussed and approved the European Stability Mechanism.

We must break up the eurozone. We must set those Mediterranean countries free.