Jean-Claude Trichet Quotes

• I think we have to reflect on a treaty change that would permit more than surveillance,
  with recommendations and appropriate sanctions. When recommendations are not followed and sanctions prove ineffective, European institutions should have the capacity to impose the necessary decisions on a particular country.

  Jean-Claude Trichet

  Country, Thinking, Should Have

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• The [EU] Council of Ministers will have far more power over the budgets of member states than the federal government in the United States has over the budget of Texas.

  Jean-Claude Trichet

  Government, Texas, United States

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• For a small open economy such as Cyprus, the euro adoption provides protection against international financial turmoil, which often has a disproportionate effect on smaller economies.

  Jean-Claude Trichet

  Adoption, Cyprus, Financial

  "The Successful Entry of Cyprus Into the Euro Area". Speech at the Conference “Welcoming Cyprus to the euro area” Nicosia, www.ecb.europa.eu. January 18, 2008.

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• I see that a number of persons might consider it appropriate to take the ECB as a possible scapegoat and I think that is not the case at all.

  Jean-Claude Trichet

  Thinking, Numbers, Might

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