Countries like Canada, Korea, China, Germany can and should use fiscal space. Some of them are doing it, not all.

Tackling climate change is a collective endeavour, it means collective accountability and it's not too late

If Lehman Brothers had been a bit more Lehman Sisters ... we would not have had the degree of tragedy that we had as a result of what happened.

I'm very much a believer that it's action that matters much more so than, you know, the flurry of political promises and statements and slogans that are used during political campaigns.

Massive progress has been made in the last five years. More progress has to be made in terms of fiscal union and banking union.

Unless we take action on climate change, future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and grilled.

If climate change issues are not adequately addressed—if we keep running those nice energy subsidies, if the price on carbon is not adequately set, if policymakers don’t have it on their radar screens—then financial stability in the medium and long-term is clearly at stake.