We are a pivotal part of the European Union. Any destabilization of Greece would totally rock the boat.

I cannot allow a third party to decide on my country's future.

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

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

Illegal immigrants are already a very big problem for us. We are already taking big steps to disallow illegal immigrants from coming in.

Very serious mistakes were made by previous governments, and Greece was ready to be abandoned by its partners and to leave the eurozone, which would have created total catastrophe.

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."