When the going gets tough, you have to lie.

Anyone who believes that the eternal question of war and peace in Europe is no longer there risks being deeply mistaken.

There is a proposal to divide the currency zone into a north and a south euro. There is also the idea of setting up a core monetary union in the middle of Europe. I disapprove of these debates. Instead, we should devote all of our efforts to supplementing the monetary union with a political union.

Now it is firstly a matter of a clean divorce, because citizens and companies need legal certainty. Can there be a new partnership with the United Kingdom one day? All 27 Member States would have to agree to that. And the United Kingdom would first have to reflect on what it wants itself.

I'm always quite amazed that people in Europe become unnerved when two institutions or two people have different views.

We do not attract Russian money to Luxembourg with high interest rates.

From the very beginning Europe has been not only a success story but also a story of success achieved by learning.