99 Quotes by Christine Lagarde

We put that offer on the table, which is frankly the limit of where we can go.

We need to remind the commissioner of the red line of his mandate,

We certainly feel in Europe that we have made very large concessions. The emerging countries, particularly the large emerging countries -- China for instance -- are going to have to propose concessions.

Very often as a little girl, then as a young woman, I have suffered my lot of discrimination. I was brought up with brothers; I grew up in a boys' world. You have to elbow your way in. When you come with that sentiment of having been in a minority for a long period of time, then you are much more attentive to minorities.

As things stand, France therefore cannot support the commission in the agriculture proposals it has made,

There will not be consensus and there will not be major progress (in Hong Kong),

This accord shows the Europeans and the Chinese authorities know how to be pragmatic to solve the blockages which would have caused financial difficulties for French firms this year,

I'm proud that somebody like myself has made it to the very top.

I'm very skeptical as to the ability to reach a comprehensive agreement given how little has been achieved in the last four months.