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.

Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.

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

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.

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

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