I'm not suffering from withdrawal symptoms. I would say that I have a balanced state of mind.

I don't think in national categories. For me it [policy] is about concepts and substance.

God understands more about the financial markets than many who write about them.

Much as I would have liked to respond factually and truthfully to each and every piece of misinformation spread by the Brexit campaign, it was important that I stayed out of the domestic political debate. It was David Cameron's task to win the UK referendum, not ours.

If someone complains about Europe from Monday to Saturday then nobody is going to believe him on Sunday when he says he is a convinced European.

I don't think Spain will need any kind of external support.

I have always considered it to be a minor miracle that after the war, people in Europe's border regions were able to forget everything and, in accordance with the slogan "Never Again War," develop a program that still works today.