Financial transaction tax raises problems of competition.

By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.

Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.

There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability.

In the age of globalization pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

Decisions taken by the most democratic institutions in the world are very often wrong.

The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.

Climate action is central for the future of our planet.

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

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

Governments are not always right.

Weather out the storm in the island of tranquility to find inner peace.

I had it drummed into me from an early age that personalizing everything was not a good thing. Besides, I don't think that kind of commodity-driven system makes for the most productive architecture.

Each one of us is bound to make the little circle in which he or she lives better and happier. Bound to see that out of that small circle the widest good may flow.

We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective.

A man's life is colored by the dye of his imagination.

Wit saves us from being swallowed whole by life.

You see, at the end of the day, my most important title is still 'mom-in-chief.' My daughters are still the heart of my heart and the center of my world.

I think we live a culture that's obsessed with people, you know, 'Celebrities are just like us!' Everything I do except my job is critically analyzed online.

I have a total responsibility to the reader. The reader has to trust me and never feel betrayed.

Is there anything more useless than a crouton? I sometimes wake up in the small hours with a start and realise that what's roused me is an overpowering urge to visit violence on its originator.