If we say leaders are incompetent, we are going to fuel extremist, populist, xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties.

If we say leaders are incompetent, we are going to fuel extremist, populist, xenophobic and ultra-nationalist parties.

The Eurogroup decisions are always taken unanimously.

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

I am a very committed European.

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

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