Greece's position in Europe will not be put in doubt.

We believe that what they call "Grexit" [a Greek exit from the eurozone] is not an option for us.

I do not want Greece to become the negative paradigm for the others - i.e. "make sure you follow exactly what we tell you, otherwise you will be like Greece."

Today is a new day for the land.

We have decreased the salaries of everybody who partakes in politics, from the president to the prime minister to the MPs [members of Parliament]. We have cut expenditures that have to do with parliament. Everybody knows we are serious.

It was a culture that business is something bad - it was a leftist-oriented psychology. We have to break this. We are pro-business.

I am fully aware of the critical moments we face as a country.