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.

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."

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

There are many people abroad who want to help, who want to invest. We will give them the red-carpet treatment. We want them to realize that this is a land of opportunity. It always has been so, but we never allowed foreign investment to come into this country.

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

Our first goal is to stop the recession and start with recovery.

Today is a new day for the land.