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Without Greece, it is not possible to preserve the integrity of the European phenomenon.

A country outside the euro zone cannot have a veto over countries in the euro zone.

I can understand countries don't want to join the euro, but they cannot impede the consolidation and strengthening of the eurozone.

There is no better protection against the euro crisis than successful structural reforms in southern Europe.

The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels.

Countries themselves need to do everything possible to remain in the euro zone.

I think it's often discussed that leaving the Euro is an option for Greece. I think this is really not an option.

I do not separate France from Europe.

The European organisation contemplated could not oppose any ethnic group, on other continents or in Europe itself, outside of the League of Nations, any more than it could oppose the League of Nations.

The Greek people do not want to exit the euro. And I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have made major sacrifices to stay in the euro zone.