I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership.

It is very unusual for a country to ask guys who are not politicians to come and run the country.

I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership.

I know that speaking with parties, which I do, but not very often, is seen by many as a contamination.

This is certainly not the first case in which a merger approved in one place hasn't gone through in the other. There was a case last year where the merger between two EU companies was approved here and blocked in the U.S.

If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed.

Growth in any individual European country has to be the result of policies for growth pursued in that country consistent with budgetary discipline.