Euro Membership Quotes

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

Our membership of the euro is a guarantee of monetary stability and creates the right conditions for sustainable growth. Our membership of the euro is the only choice.

Our position in Europe is not negotiable. The Greek people will defend it by all means. But participation in the euro involves rules and obligations, which we must consistently meet. Greece belongs to Europe and Europe cannot be envisaged without Greece.

The goal of the government is to guarantee the place of Greece in the eurozone against those who want to undermine it.

The Greek people do not want to exit the euro. And I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have made major sacrifices to stay in the euro zone.

Greece wishes to be part of the eurozone, but it must, of course, go through with the necessary reforms to make this happen.

Leave the euro? Surely yes.

Cyprus joined the E.U. in 2004 and immediately wanted to get into the euro area for the express purpose of completing, as quickly as possible, the union with the core of Europe. It was done because the public thought that would be beneficial for political reasons, not economic reasons.

I take office during the most difficult moment in the country's recent history. The country can be saved - it's up to us. I think it is obvious for those who support this government to undertake the commitment and ensure that our country's euro membership is not endangered.

I don't say every country has to leave the euro... But we have to leave the possibility if a country wants to leave.

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

The euro area must not be treated as an 'opt out' from the European Union.

The Financial Times is pro-British membership of the European Union. We have taken that position for decades. But we are not starry-eyed about the European Union. And we do not believe and have not believed for at least 10 years that Britain should be part of the euro.