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

I assumed office to bring the EU to a point from which there is no going back. Instead, I am having to unwind the EU to a certain extent.

For my generation, the monetary union has always been about forging peace.

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

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.

I haven't yet given everything: I am still full of energy. But I wanted to make it clear that I don't have to make unwarranted concessions to national governments or to parliament. I want to avoid the impression that I am doing things just to ensure that I am re-elected. That's not the case. I have had my career.

Those who are saying that Mario Draghi is in the camp of those trying to push Greece outside the Euroarea, are wrong.