Greece and the Greek people have recently had to deal with the harshest consequences of the global and European economic crisis. As an economy and as a society, we have had to experience a program of disastrous austerity which made the problems more acute instead of resolving them.

The insistence of European leaders to austerity policies keeps the European economy strapped in stagnation.

I will continue to decisively promote reforms that will promote growth, and at the same time, I will continue to negotiate hard in order to avoid any reforms that would undermine growth.

The verdict of the Greek people renders the troika a thing of the past for our common European framework.

Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are.

Real freedom for people can only exist whenever there is security and independence.

I am interested in making sure that the people of Cyprus will be able to live in a reunited Cyprus, where they are free, where there's a democracy, freedom and Cyprus is a member of the European Union.