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

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

There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S. cabinet members are confirmed.

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

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

In the area of macroeconomic policies, I think we'll see more centralization, like in the budgetary sphere.

I believe that reforms will not really take hold if they do not gradually come into the culture of the people.