There are going to be a lot of problems with social cohesion. We are already cutting down everything to the bone. Unless there is light at the end of the tunnel.

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

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

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.

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 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.