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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The strongest institution in the hands of the European Union is the euro.
Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro.
I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.
Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of a deeper political union.
Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.
It's political glue inside Europe to keep it together - the euro is the best thing going for it since the creation of the common market.
The IMF is set up to deal with liquidity crises.
There have been major disagreements within the European Union.
The good thing about the IMF is there is no European politics involved.