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Europe must dissipate any doubts over the euro, affirm that the euro is an irreversible project and act in consequence.

I think as a business it would be amazing if the euro was to collapse, but financially and economically I think that would be a bit of a tsunami for everybody to cope with.

Unraveling the euro is a terrible thing. This is a 50-year endeavor to get this continent together and that's a wonderful endeavor.

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 consequences of a collapse would not be pretty. Whichever country precipitated it - Germany by threatening to abandon the euro, or Greece or Spain by actually doing so - would trigger economic chaos and incur its neighbours' wrath.

The euro must be defended, or uncertainty about the European Union will be widespread.

If people do not believe in Europe and in the euro area, it must be dismantled.

But I would bet that the euro continues to exist and that its importance as a global currency will likely increase.

If the euro fails, Europe fails.

As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely disrupt its operation in the short run.