28 Quotes by Charlie McCreevy

We wrote to them yesterday and we are waiting for more answers." ()

When you have it, you spend it. The mistake is to try to spend it when you haven't got it.

This will not be allowed, because it would spell the end of the free market as we know it," ()

Lots of member states seem to be wanting to put up unjustified barriers." ()

No-one contests the need to address the high cost of and the corresponding difficulty of having access to cross-border clearing and settlement in the EU. We have not yet reached any definitive view on the precise measures we would propose to remedy this situation. It is clear, though, that the present system is untenable. Changes are going to have to be made. We believe the industry recognizes this as well and we would encourage them to be a part of the solution and not the problem." ()

I am a firm believer in the benefits of open markets and the free movement of capital.

France knows how to work the system. But countries shouldn't come to Brussels and sign up to the internal market and then do the opposite. It is hypocritical." ()

I favor initiating some action, but I await final conclusions from our legal services," ()

We made it quite clear to the French authorities that it can only be in very specific, limited circumstances,