Peter Mandelson Quotes

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

The euro is our common fate, and Europe is our common future.

There should be no economic border at all between the North and South.

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.

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

Peace in Europe can only come through union in one economic system. The United States of Europe are overdue.

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

I think globalization is a great thing. And now a lot of people complain about globalization; a lot of people don't like, you know, the globalize of the concept, the idea of the results. I think the globalization is a great idea and to create a lot of jobs.

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.

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.

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.

The countries of Europe are too small to guarantee their peoples the necessary prosperity and social development. The European states must constitute themselves into a federation.

We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe.

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.

While the Marshall Plan was important for Europe's recovery, Europe's prosperity was really built on economic integration and policy coherence.

In order to consolidate the euro we need to harmonise our economic, fiscal and social policies, hence we are going toward greater integration.

Globilization is here to stay.

The need to promote the adoption of a global currency as a vital element in the integration of the global economy is self-evident.

European union is our destiny.

It is impossible to build Europe on only deregulation ...

German and European unification are two sides of the same coin.

Nations with a common currency never went to war against each other. A common currency is more than the money you pay with.

Globalization can be a great opportunity.