15 Quotes by Jacques Santer

We are at the end of an historic process, ... It has been a long path, a path full of successes and failures.

has to take the consequences and the responsibilities of those consequences.

You have just voted on a resolution which sends out a ... message. This message came through loud and clear to me,

A Europe that can do something like this is a Europe that can win, a Europe that can move into the 21st century with confidence,

A certain amount of adjustment might be needed (to the IMF program) even if the main elements remain,

no indication of fraudulent behavior, corruption or personal enrichment on the part of the commission.

There could be some compromise, but I think we have to stick to the provisions of the treaty, and the provisions of the treaty are saying that the president is appointed for a mandate of eight years time. I think it would be very damaging for the European Central Bank if there would be a splitting of this mandate.

It is now up to us to see that we embark on the next stage leading to political unity, which I think is the consequence of economic unity, so that Europe can in the future also play a political role on the international stage, leading even as far as a common defence policy.

You don't help your enterprise with a policy of protection.