I say to my friends, 'Don't just listen to the vuvuzelas; look at who scores the goals.' And this is the important thing.

The Eurogroup decisions are always taken unanimously.

Norway or Switzerland are two marvelous countries, I very much admire, the most advanced countries in the world in fact with great qualities of life.

Growth based on debt is unsustainable, artificial.

I think diversity can also be a resource, an asset, especially in a world that is becoming globalized, to deal with difference, to deal with variety, to deal with complexity.

Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.

My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university.