I Say To My Friends,

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.

My Mother Wanted Me To Be A Professor, Because I Have Several People In My Family Who Are Professors At University.

Even When Governments Take The Right Steps To Reform, These Can Be Negatively Impacted By Events Outside Their Control.

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.