Slowly but surely, we are decreasing unemployment and we are restoring confidence to the future of the Greek economy.

I have always taken measures to fight corruption, to attract investment, to create a better context for investment in Greece.

Famine and unemployment are the raw material for dictatorships.

Greece is not the country which has occupied and illegally invaded and illegally occupied Cyprus.

The Greek people not only relate to the ancient traditions, they have fought, they have shed blood, until recently, to defend the values of democracy and freedom.

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.

I'm of the opinion that Angela Merkel is a responsible politician, a politician who has a sense of responsibility for Europe and not only for Germany or for the - her political party.