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

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

I have always believed that this idea of having a nation go through this very painful five or six years of continuous recession with high unemployment would be detrimental for the economy and the society.

There is a mass of immigrants, a million of them without work. We will stop this invasion.

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.

The best way for someone to govern is to set an example.

There are certainly delays in this year's agreed program, and we must quickly catch up. Let's not kid ourselves, there is still big waste in the public sector, and it must stop.