Reducing debt through budgetary consolidation is essential to restoring Europe's financial health.

I am a committed European; a united Europe is Romania's future.

Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.

I see four principles as laying the foundations for the kind of economic recovery Europe needs: fairness, efficiency, solidarity and growth.

With the backdrop of its geostrategic location and historical ties with the Middle East, Turkey has an essential role to play for the stability, peace and social development of the region.

China needs a powerful Europe, but Europe can only be strong if each and every one of its members attains rapid economic development.