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

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.

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.

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

During the socialist period, the government became too big. That created a crowding-out effect in the private economy, and it gave everybody the need to pay more taxes in order to finance this big government. We are against big government. We want a smaller and more efficient government.

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

Other countries have access to the markets, whereas Greece does not. Therefore, we have to get liquidity through the ECB.