INTRODUCTION FROM DOMINIQUE MOÏSI
Special Adviser to Ifri
JOAQUIN ALMUNIA
Vice President and the Commissioner for Competition
"Europe has taken very important, very courageous and very worthwhile initiatives, not only to solve its internal problems but also problems beyond its borders, global problems. But Europe has a position that others find unreasonable. It is over-represented in multilateral institutions."
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MIGUEL ANGEL MORATINOS
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain
"But other players who also have power don't have responsibilities. Yet they still participate in decision-making. When a speculator decides to buy Spanish bonds at a certain price, isn't he making economic and financial policy?."
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KONSTANTIN KOSACHEV
Chairman, Duma Foreign Affairs Committee, Russia
"we are making progress on discussions as to whether European or global security will focus just on military aspects, which is more or less the case now, or will include other things like economic security, humanitarian issues and other important things."
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NAMBARYN ENKHBAYAR
Former President of Mongolia
"Good governance is about engaging others, not excluding; about regulating and coordinating, not dictating; about giving everyone a chance, even North Korea, Mongolia, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan."
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HUBERT VÉDRINE
Former French Foreign Minister
"The aim is that within three, four or five years, a young man in Gaza, in despair because his cousins or his friends have been killed by the Israeli army, ends up thinking that it makes more sense to open up a pizzeria... At that point we will see a new Middle East, which will bring Jordan and other countries in its wake."
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AMIR PERETZ
Member of Parliament, State of Israel
"For the majority of Israelis the question of the settlements is less important than the important goal of peace, which will change our reality for generations to come.
I believe that if we put into motion this real will and real opportunity to reach the agreement with the power from the international community – led by president Obama, we might see this dream comes true"
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MANUEL HASSASSIAN
Ambassador from Palestine to London
"Israel should recognise a simple fact, that it cannot continue its occupation while seeking peace, and cannot disregard the Arab Peace Initiative, the only safety valve for its existence and acceptance in the Middle East region. We the Palestinians are the only guarantors for a legitimate existence of the State of Israel. "
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