What people call serendipity sometimes is just having your eyes open.

Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.

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

Governments are not always right.

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.

At least in Europe, we consider the right to privacy a fundamental right and it is a very serious matter.