Norway or Switzerland are two marvelous countries, I very much admire, the most advanced countries in the world in fact with great qualities of life.

It is important for the world to understand that the European Union and China are able to solve the problem in a constructive, positive way.

I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.

Creativity is very selfish. Scandalously so, in fact.

The dynamic of globalisation in financial and economic terms, but also in geopolitical terms, confronts Europeans with a stark choice: live together, share a common destiny and count in the world; or face the prospect of disunity and decline.

In fact, the world needs more nerds.