"The crisis in Europe has demonstrated that there is going to have to be a change of direction, not only in Germany, but throughout the European Union, if we want our continent to be in a position to meet the challenges of the future. For this reason we need a programme for the reform of Europe’s national economies. And on the European level we need a programme of reform that will change the way it is organized in political, social, economic and fiscal terms." (Quoted from article)