The euro will raise the citizens' awareness of their belonging to one Europe more than any other integration step to date.
This is one of the gravest crises Europe has ever experienced... An agreement failed because of the completely stubborn attitudes of the UK and the Netherlands.
Whatever the details of union may be, there's no doubt we need more policy coordination in Europe.
Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.
The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.