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

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

A united Europe is our Continent's only chance to avoid falling off the world's radar. The heads of government of Germany, France and the United Kingdom also know that their voice is only heard internationally because they speak through the megaphone of the European Union.

I am for it - not to make a threat, but to make clear that decisions that have been made are applicable law, even if you have voted against it. At issue here is European solidarity, which cannot be a one-way street. The traffic has to move in both directions.

With hindsight, it is always easy to blame everyone else.

It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.

The way some German politicians have lashed out at Greece when the country fell into the crisis has left deep wounds there. I was just as shocked by the banners of protesters in Athens that showed the German chancellor in a Nazi uniform.