Responding to the challenge of climate change is the ultimate political test for our generation...Our package not only responds to this challenge, but...is an opportunity that should create thousands of new businesses and millions of jobs in Europe.

A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.

The Eurogroup decisions are always taken unanimously.

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.

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

Growth based on debt is unsustainable, artificial.

Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.