Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.

I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.

The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

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.

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

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