Mr. Koizumi remains willing to pursue structural reforms, so long as the economy permits. He's not going to abandon reforms. However, realistically it's also difficult to assume very quick progress.
Tomoko Fujii
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France's image is much worse than the reality. We have cut taxes and made reforms.
Clara Gaymard
It's a positive move that shows the company is no longer an old-style family run business. This will make it easier to push through reforms that otherwise may have been avoided.
Naoki Fujiwara
Clearly Alabama has a lot more work to do in the area of legal reform. As good as our economy is right now, just imagine where we would be if we had more significant (legal) reforms.
Marty Sullivan
We have lots and lots of fun things in store. If we can eliminate the business privilege tax it will be a big impact, then we can look at all those other reforms.
Brett Mandel
Foreign investors very much credit Koizumi...with the economic recovery Japan is now enjoying. Strengthening (his) hand to move ahead with further reforms is exactly what investors want to see.
Kirby Daley
I feel vindicated in my criticism of the reforms.
Dirk Niebel
People are more circumspect because of the criminal convictions, but we've had very few substantive reforms.
Robert Mccullough
We believe that the terrorists will strike again. If they do, and these reforms that might have prevented such an attack have not been implemented, what will our excuses be?
Thomas H. Kean
Many of these reforms are simple and not expensive. But in Haiti or Indonesia you can start a business in January and you might not even finish (registering) until June.
Joe O'keefe
There is no elections scheduled in the country soon and the opposition is weak, so the president may easily initiate some liberal steps and reforms.
Ilgar Mammadov
[The United Nations should] undergo reforms as may be necessary and reasonable, giving, in particular, scope to the rational demands and concerns of developing countries to the biggest extent possible, ... peace, development and cooperation.
Li Zhaoxing
With reforms already being done, we expect a reversal of that. So we expect private investments and exports to pick up.
Reza Baqir
He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
We believe today's lawsuit will help ensure that New York voters enjoy the benefits of these important reforms.
Wan J. Kim
We'll be looking very carefully at the reforms and I can tell you we'll be very critical if patients like these don't get the drugs that they need.
Shelley Martel
[Enacting reform] has to be done step by step, ... All these reforms, you can make good arguments for them, but there are bigger fish to fry as far as both parties are concerned.
Bill Whalen
Since China moved on the currency last July, the economy has been charging along. China should feel comfortable and confident in driving through reforms. There has been no economic or financial turbulence.
Hong Liang
Macro reforms have become entrenched and made it cheaper and easier to run a business, and are no longer questioned.
Nazmeera Moola
Economic policy reforms aimed at encouraging new investment in all sectors of the economy will also be taken up.
Sanjaya Baru
Koizumi beat up on the old LDP and cast the Democratic Party as anti-reform. The Democrats should have stressed more that Koizumi's reforms were not enough.
Yasunori Sone
There are lots of questions whether this (pension overhaul effort) will help shore up funding in pension plans, or if some of the reforms are so expensive they'll drive companies out of the system.
Karen Friedman
If the (next) government does not on its own cut spending and introduce reforms, the market will force it to do so.
Gyorgy Barcza
They are adding more to that number every day. Every general I talked to ... was of the mind that we have to bring their army up, have the constitutional reforms, standing up and then drawing down.
Mike Pence
By highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of an economy, policy-makers and business leaders are provided with a tool to assist them in the formulation of improved economic policies and institutional reforms.
Klaus Schwab
As we enact these reforms, we must exercise some care in avoiding unforeseen consequences.
Henry Hyde
Many citizens are telling us to press ahead again with reforms.
Kaoru Yosano
It will be a compromise. The Union will be able to push through fewer reforms than they planned to, or than we need.
Uwe Andersen
This is not a reform that Merkel can take credit for personally, but it is a sign that her grand coalition is tackling needed reforms.
Peter Loesche
Whatever the color of Germany's new government will ultimately be, the pace of structural reforms is likely to be slow.
Holger Schmieding
Making reforms is easy on the pages of a newspaper, but it is not so easy to do in the parliament.
Franco Bruni
Now we have a democracy, and people are interested in having a better standard of living. The big question in 2006 is whether we will get the reforms to make the economy more competitive.
Sergio Sarmiento
We support reforms that enhance the interests of the U.S. capital markets, which is especially important to the growth companies and growth investors who we serve.
Thomas Weisel
It will set a precedent. We expect many foreign firms to follow suit as they show interest in China's robust economic growth amid the country's quickening pace of reforms.
Cao Jianming
There are some so-called environmentalists who primarily work for developers, and it's understandable they'd be opposed to reforms that would hurt their clients. We're optimistic the voters will embrace the important reforms from both the SOS and open government online charter amendments.
Colin Clark
There has been a reluctance for the Government to do big reforms because the amount of money has been underestimated.
Michael Potter
With recent reforms in U.S. bankruptcy law making it more difficult than ever to erase debt, it's important to protect yourself. If you face financial challenges, seek the advice of a lawyer or professional financial advisor to explore alternatives.
Alan Kopit
We have a bill which to my way of thinking has stripped out very significant reforms.
Howard Berman
Ed Lazear will bring significant depth of knowledge and insight to the White House Council of Economic Advisors. The scope of his work in economics is extremely broad, including productivity, incentives, employment, education, immigration and other economic reforms.
Robert L. Joss
Today's CIO confronts a formidable array of management and technical issues. The good news is that as they face challenges and opportunities, they benefit from the federal marketplace reforms put in place by the Clinger-Cohen Act.
Paul Wohlleben
The economy is on a recovery trend, which was partly behind a historical election victory for Koizumi. This victory will make it easier for him to push forward needed reforms.
Naoki Iizuka
Koizumi beat up on the old LDP and cast the Democratic Party as anti-reform, ... The Democrats should have stressed more that Koizumi's reforms were not enough.
Yasunori Sone
The 2002 reforms were just a recognition of changes that had happened already. It's not reform in any meaningful sense, there was just a disintegration of the state.
Andrei Lankov
A hung parliament would be the worst possible result, it would be very negative for reforms which are so badly needed in Italy and it would be bad for prospects of fiscal consolidation as well.
Ines Lopes
The German market would view such a grand coalition as slightly negative because it could mean reforms will take longer to enforce.
Lars Kreckel
A fairer social price of reforms.
Georgi Parvanov
A lot of people are waiting for the Fed meeting for signs on where the U.S. economy goes from here and also people want to hear something on the fiscal reforms.
Rogelio Gallegos
A grand coalition would be perceived negatively by the markets. It would be unlikely to push through any reforms because the parties hold contradictory positions and would neutralise each other.
Joerg Kraemer
It is important that we Mainers continue our strong support of the program that has so successfully shaped our current political environment and led to similar reforms in other places.
Chellie Pingree
Before the country starts running ahead with reforms, we're looking for stability.
Andre Cita
The consent decree (under which the division operated) was the impetus for reforms across the state.
Deborah Scott
There is interest in knowing how we were able to advance changes and reforms that were viable.
Carlos Salinas
The way the coalition looks gives people reason to doubt what kind of economic reforms we might get. The market is resentful and has put pressure on the euro.
Andreas Hahner
China's efforts to improve corporate governance and undertake a broad range of structural and institutional reforms will further enhance its competitive position as a financial and trade center of gravity in the region.
Homi Kharas
We have got to stop the approval of anti-immigrant reforms, demand a migration reform that is humane and fair, and not racist.
Javier Rodriguez
The Gore approach to budget surpluses is much more prudent; the Bush approach to structural reforms of the entitlement programs is more promising. They have set up a good dichotomy that people can look at.
Robert Bixby
In general reducing the public debt will require drastic public sector reform. To implement drastic reforms, Koizumi needs to gain public support.
Tomoko Fujii
The reforms Putnam will undertake as part of the commission's order are intended to provide real and substantial protections for mutual fund investors.
Stephen Cutler
Reforms are clearly overdue and we believe an independent monitor along with the federal investigation are the catalysts to provide them.
Ivette Mendez
The Republican governor and the Republican majority in the Legislature are unable to close that out. The fact they have failed to deal with public education, either education reforms or funding, has come home to roost.
Cal Jillson
We have already made big progress in banking reforms.
Liu Mingkang
Rep. DeLay doesn't want the people of Houston to know what he's up to with corrupt lobbyists in Washington. There should be no place in Congress for the corrupt pay-to-play politics of Tom DeLay and Bob Ney. No more lip service. Congress must address real reforms that drain the money swamp of Washington.
David Donnelly
There is a growing possibility of a victory for the LDP and Koizumi by a big margin, which is positive for the yen. There is speculation that Koizumi's grip on power will strengthen, making it easier for him to promote reforms.
Minoru Shioiri
My good friend Simeon Saxe-Coburg is the prime minister who implemented the reforms necessary for Bulgaria's EU accession.
Graham Watson
I announced my consent to run for reelection as I intend to continue the policy of consolidating society, bringing stability to our nation and conduct complicated reforms we have just started.
Nursultan Nazarbayev
I think the laundry list of reforms they're proposing certainly will be appreciated by shareholders, but I think it's probably too late to affect the voting at this point.
Shirley Westcott
Germany does not need abstract economic ideas; it needs labor market reforms.
Holger Schmieding
No French politician will get any mileage by going back on the CAP reforms. Anyone who did would end up with farmers coming out with their pitchforks on the streets, and maybe dumping manure in front of (government) buildings.
Francois Heisbourg
Video choice is important to consumers, this company and the future of broadband. For these reasons, we openly encourage the efforts of consumer and related organizations that support video choice reforms.
David Fish
The last time we were asked for an analysis on anti-corruption measures was 1 1/2 years ago when the program of administrative reforms was being prepared.
Mikhail Dmitriyev
We're sliding toward the danger that the reforms simply create a permanent organization for the unemployed.
Klaus Zimmermann
These so-called reforms will have a devastating impact on the ability of all non-profits, including those in the Jewish community, to advocate on behalf of programs and issues that are important to us. It also makes it nearly impossible for us to bring members of Congress to local communities to see the programs they've entrusted by supporting.
William Daroff
I would not expect any far-reaching reforms like the flat tax to be planned let alone executed in this parliamentary period.
Norbert Walter
Even if people agree with the need for reforms, they are uncertain about the flat tax. They are starting to fear that they could be the losers in this reform.
Gero Neugebauer
We want to stress the importance of pension and child-care issues ... The Koizumi government cannot achieve these reforms. We need a change in government.
Katsuya Okada
And finally, I think countries must be more strategic in terms of energy policy and reforms.
Kathy Sierra
Rather than trying to discredit a valid report, we should perhaps look at the need for cost reforms here in La Crosse, and get the business sector and consumers involved.
Tom Kennedy
Koizumi really hasn't talked much about anything else except postal reforms.
Peter Morgan
It's unlikely that the next administration will stray far from pursuing structural reforms. Even if the Democratic Party of Japan takes power, they will continue to push for fiscal reform.
Takahide Kiuchi
The two appointments underscore the government's intention to do what is needed to meet the goals set out for financial reforms... and to better control its China policy. While they are seasoned executives at government firms, they are still more of policy executors rather than policy makers.
Simon Chao
This is the only rating that should matter to her because people are voting with their money, by betting that the peso will continue to climb because she would pursue her economic reforms.
Jose Arnulfo Veloso
We could all be much more effective if we had a fuller relationship which we do hope would be available as the Indonesian armed forces make progress [with the reforms].
Dennis Blair
This thing could take years, but that doesn't mean you give up on it. We are convinced that fundamental political reforms are necessary. And we're also convinced that the Legislature isn't going to do it on its own. This isn't going to go away.
Keith Richman
However, the issue is not just Mr. Grasso. The issue is making fundamental reforms at the stock exchange to restore investor confidence [and] establish a model of good corporate governance, accountability and disclosure. Now that Mr. Grasso has stepped down, we can move forward with those reforms.
Alan G. Hevesi
These reforms are the best way to convert Europe into one of the most competitive, dynamic and prosperous economic areas in the world.
Jose Maria Aznar
The government is trying to proceed with structural reforms. The rating agencies have already reacted somewhat.
Nicolas Schlotthauer
Strongest challenge to the program crops to embrace reforms that would be consistent with the international economy.
Cal Dooley
Many market participants are hoping for the FDP to take on the role of a pacemaker, a force that pushes for reforms, Merkel wouldn't be able to push through her reform program.
Joerg Kraemer
The Medicare drug program undermines his credibility on health care. But that doesn't mean he can't put forward some positive reforms.
Michael Cannon
This is part of a grand picture of change to conduct political reforms that are needed and that have been demanded by Arabs, foreigners and Syrians for the past five years.
Sami Moubayed
My race for Congress has been and will continue to be focused on the voters of the 8th Congressional District. I have not been an insider in Madison, and I believe that has given me a tremendous opportunity to craft major reforms that served my constituents who live in Northeast Wisconsin.
Rep. Terri Mccormick
COAG has taken important steps in helping the alleviation of skill shortages by agreeing to this raft of reforms.
Heather Ridout
If we are seeing a recovery in Germany it is not a very strong one. Merkel will ultimately be judged on whether she can push through reforms and deliver on the economy.
Adam Posen
It's highly unlikely that the kind of majority we will see can pass the necessary reforms.
Susana Garcia
We have placed too much hope in political and social reforms, only to find out that we were being deprived of our most precious possession: our spiritual life.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In 2005, investors began to pay attention to gradual improvement in the Japanese economy aided by some long overdue government-driven reforms.
Don Cassidy
The hope that Germany would be a shining European example for accelerated reforms has been dashed.
Holger Schmieding
Further reforms mean tough political moves. But with a mandate like this, Koizumi has no excuse not to carry through.
Kazuo Mizuno
The most shocking thing about this is the reforms we were looking for were so modest. They were nothing more than bringing cell phone companies in line with the standards that consumers expect in their other commercial interactions.
Joe Ridout
As we apply the final touches to the policy driven reforms of this legislation, I am grateful that my friend, Jim Gardner could come to Washington and testify as to the real world experiences in my hometown.
Nathan Deal
China for a long time has been trying to get him to think seriously about reforms.
David Zweig
This is a Cabinet to actually implement the reforms.
Shinzo Abe
What is decisive is what actually happens, ... The need for reform in those fields is undisputed. If we don't manage to agree on real, far-reaching reforms here, the grand coalition would be meaningless.
Peter Mueller
Structural reforms and fiscal consolidation allow the Bank of Israel to experiment with keeping real interest rates at a lower plateau compared to the past.
Serhan Cevik
Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of human rights and the opening up of society.
Andrei Sakharov
I am afraid that these elections will tear the country apart. On the one hand, we are all focused on the elections, on the other hand we have political reforms entering into force and it's still not clear how they ... will actually play out.
Volodymyr Lytvyn
Boosting investment would require reforms on two fronts.
Wanda Tseng
I don't think Koizumi is serious about reforms.
Tsuneo Watanabe
With five million unemployed in January, you have to ask whether any far-reaching reforms happened at all.
Dirk Niebel
Friday's intervention efforts seemed long over-due, well organized and much needed. They shall prove fruitless, however, for of course the long-term economic reforms that Europe is in need of are only now, rather reluctantly, being put into effect, and only in small doses rather than materially.
Dennis Gartman
There is mounting anger in Western business circles over the lack of radical liberal reforms and the failure to establish a functioning legal system.
Alexander Rahr
If we pass reforms that either pretend they're not here or pretend they'll go away, we're fooling ourselves.
Cecilia Munoz
We cannot move forward without this and the question is how fast could we do these reforms. By next month we would like to submit a report recommending university reforms.
Sam Pitroda
The reforms proposal of the 14-party opposition alliance has turned into people's demand. Hopefully we will force the government to meet the demands.
Sheikh Hasina
Yes, they've reached an agreement, but it remains to be seen whether the grand coalition can work and whether it actually delivers the reforms.
Lee Ferridge
Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium.
J. B. S. Haldane
Pension reforms, like investment advice and automatic enrollment, will strengthen the ability of Americans to save and invest for retirement.
Steve Bartlett
There's a risk we get a bit of an overreaction to this result. We could still see reforms happening in Germany, and as the result becomes clearer the euro is likely to rebound.
Marios Maratheftis
The reforms are going to be extensive.
Bill Strassberger
There was a consensus, at least among the two big parties, that reforms were crucial.
Rodrigo Rato
Gov. Riley has asked the legislature to focus on these commonsense reforms early in the session. This is a problem that has built up for decades. We shouldn't let politics get in the way.
Jeff Emerson
If the next premier after reform-minded Koizumi raises concerns about slower progress in structural reforms or debates about the consumption tax, it would be negative for Japanese stocks.
Kazuhiro Takahashi
He has no agenda, he just has slogans. The pressure to come up with a program of reforms is huge.
Gerald Curtis
He hasn't done any reforms yet, so they would like to see the results.
Tomoko Fujii
I am happy fiscal reforms are on track. There is an impetus on social infrastructure and attention paid to key sectors like automobiles, textiles and consumer goods.
Bidisha Ganguly
It's $40 million down the toilet, ... He's worse off now than if he hadn't held a special election. And these policy reforms — ideas that have merit — are now repudiated.
Arnold Steinberg
All those reforms will need to be nurtured carefully and it is crucial that they be supported throughout by a stable and transparent macroeconomic policy framework.
Xolile Guma
He has to account for the damage he has done to Poland by his reforms and action.
Andrzej Lepper
I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.
Alice Paul
HAVA contains important reforms designed to ensure that elections for federal office will both allow access to all voters and ensure the integrity of the process. We believe today's lawsuit will help ensure that New York voters enjoy the benefits of these important reforms.
Wan J. Kim
The fight against corruption remains pure rhetoric. Reforms, aimed to block usurpation of power by the government's leader and officials' arbitrariness, have been constantly postponed.
Almazbek Atambayev
We have a very active board now. We have taken steps to correct the deficiencies that we had. We see to it that these reforms get underway.
Kione Isechal
Presently it seems unlikely that he will be able to push through the sorts of reforms and spending decisions that are required.
Dominic Bryant
India's economic reforms remain a story of incremental changes at a glacial pace.
Rajeev Malik
Certain kinds of legal reforms are seen as excessively limiting the powers of government officials or the party. There are obstacles from tradition and history.
Paul Gewirtz
The governor continues his commitment to pursue those reforms. But it's becoming increasingly clear that the way you have to do that is at the ballot box, which would ironically require more fundraising.
Rob Stutzman
But we are extremely prudent over the reforms, because compared with other state banks, Agricultural Bank has a heavier burden in terms of asset quality, the number of employees is big and services cover the countryside.
Tang Shuangning
If Indonesia proceeds with reforms like they're doing right now, we still see a chance in the medium term that they belong to the double-B investment universe again.
Nicolas Schlotthauer
The expectation is that Koizumi will win by a reasonable majority, that reforms will go forward and the opposition to the Japan Post sale will be crushed.
Callum Henderson
This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today.
He Weifang
I want reforms to be continued without pause.
Hiroshi Okuda
The president is pleased and calls now on all parties to live up to their responsibilities for peace and security in the region and reforms in the Palestinian Authority.
Gordon Johndroe
It's a very Social Democrat-oriented government, but that doesn't necessarily mean it can't get reforms done.
Klaus Zimmermann
I recognize President Zedillo's honesty, his patriotic sense, and his vision in promoting and realizing the strongest democratic reforms ever accomplished for the country.
Francisco Labastida
The market has its doubts that the new German government is going to be able to proceed with the necessary economic reforms, ... People aren't going to be buying the euro on the basis of this result, because we need to see some evidence that the new government will deliver.
Marios Maratheftis
The bad debt overhang has this market trapped in a range. It flew on hopes for (Prime Minister Junichiro) Koizumi reforms, but has little chance of breaking out until he maps out a more concrete plan to clean up the mess.
Kazuyuki Naito
He needs to convince Democrats and independents that his reforms are not politically motivated, that he's looking after their best interests.
Mark Baldassare
It gives the impression Koizumi wanted someone who has political clout and who can support his structural reforms. Merging or privatizing government-affiliated banks will be positive for commercial lenders and brokerages because it will mean more business for them.
Yoji Takeda
It is all too difficult to carry out any reforms ... in the conditions of such an ugly market, where competition is non-existent, monopolies are rampant, where rules are few -- you understand.
Boris Nemtsov
Normally, it's hard to put reforms in place when you have an existing structure. We don't have that now. This is a unique opportunity to give New Orleans and the Gulf Coast a better shake of it.
Mike Franc
Italy desperately needs to make economic reforms. Making tough decisions with a divided coalition is very difficult.
Massimo Bordignon
The first of those pillars is the full implementation of Copenhagen political criteria and the deepening of political reforms.
Ali Babacan
The upper house decided that postal privatization is not needed. So I would like to ask the general public whether it supports or opposes it. That's why I dissolved Parliament, ... I will do my best to win the elections so that I can continue the reforms.
Junichiro Koizumi
Conflict is not inevitable. Cooperation is good for both Christians and Muslims, and Turkey is a moderate Muslim power that should be allowed to join if they implement reforms and become a stable democracy.
Michael Gunter
Should the government step up the pace? It depends on how the money can be managed and parallel financial reforms.
Yu Xiaoqing
We will wait until there are political reforms.
Chulin Laksanaviset
The reforms would cost not only employers and employees, but also taxpayers substantially, up to over a 3-per-cent increase for property taxpayers.
Roger Anderson
These places are not the same as they were 50 years ago. Municipalities are in constant competition among each other. They really need to work together to push for important reforms.
Robert Puentes
As a result, we expect that the German economy will continue to grow by a mere 1 percent on average in the years to come, ... the German election results lower the pressure on other European countries to implement major economic reforms.
Joerg Kraemer
We do want to cooperate, but it has to be across the board, not just on counterterrorism and security but also to support democratic and market reforms, ... very disappointing.
Daniel Fried
It's very much a matter of looking at what Russia did, which was to have political reform first and the economic reforms second. China wants to do it the other way around.
Colin Bradford
This election shows how Koizumi is in a league of his own in his political skills and media savvy. He did the impossible. He managed to convince the electorate that his party, which was opposed to his own reforms, was for change, and that the Democratic Party, which was a party founded for reform, was against change.
Gerald Curtis
The government has done very little on reforms. We are not getting those reforms which were proposed last year.
Rainer Guntermann
We took two steps forward with the reforms in December, and one more step yesterday. But we still have 10 steps more to go.
Ethan Nadelmann
These passive investments abroad by Filipinos will come back once the country succeeds in carrying out meaningful governance reforms, and once we achieve political stability and sustained economic growth.
Ernesto Herrera
We have to take the path of dialogue. We can't have reforms without consulting the social partners.
Eric Woerth
The study findings offer a blueprint for progress. But progress in the developing world will not build itself. The industrialized world has an important role to play in supporting reforms that will allow these benefits to accrue.
Eileen Claussen
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