Jean-Claude Juncker Quotes About Greece

Quotes about: Greece

• Greeks have to know that they are not alone ... Those who are fighting for the survivor of Greece inside the Euro area are deeply harmed by the impression floating around in the Greek public opinion that Greece is a victim. Greece is a member of the EU and the euro. I want Greece to be a constructive member of the Union because the EU is also benefiting from Greece.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Fighting, Greek, Public Opinion

  Source: marketnews.com

• The Greek nation has to be respected. I am not in the camp of those who openly want to humiliate Greece.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Greek, Want, Camps

  Source: marketnews.com

• Greece is not a country that can be humiliated. It is a matter of finding an intersection between the reasonable elements of both sides [EU and Greece] which has to be done.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Country, Elements, Done

  Source: marketnews.com

• Without the Turkey agreement, tens of thousands of refugees would still be stuck in Greece. The Commission presented proposals for securing Europe's external borders early on, but they languished in the Council for months. As you can see, the Commission isn't asleep. Oftentimes it has to wake up the others.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Agreement, Europe, Turkeys

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• I would describe that [friendship with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras] as a utilitarian friendship. At the time, his country was facing the prospect of leaving the euro zone and many Greeks felt abandoned by Europe. In such a situation, it seemed appropriate to me to present myself as a friend to Greece. It had to do with the country's dignity.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Country, Europe, Leaving

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• The way some German politicians have lashed out at Greece when the country fell into the crisis has left deep wounds there. I was just as shocked by the banners of protesters in Athens that showed the German chancellor in a Nazi uniform.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Country, Athens, Deep Wounds

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• Those who are saying that Mario Draghi is in the camp of those trying to push Greece outside the Euroarea, are wrong.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Trying, Mario, Camps

  Source: marketnews.com

• I wouldn't like Greece to stay recession. I do think that everything has to be undertaken to reconnect with growth.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Thinking, Growth, Greece

  Source: marketnews.com

• I was never presented with the details as far as the collective bargaining system is Greece. I am in favor of a normal system without giving the labour minister the right to extend the results to extend the result of the collective bargaining to the whole of the real economy. The government has to make sure that the results will not harm the situation of small and medium enterprises.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  Real, Government, Giving

  Source: marketnews.com

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