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.

I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe.

By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.

Decisions taken by the most democratic institutions in the world are very often wrong.

For investor confidence, it is important that there is certainty about the future of Ireland in E.U.

The euro area must not be treated as an "opt out" from the European Union.