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.

It was a culture that business is something bad - it was a leftist-oriented psychology. We have to break this. We are pro-business.

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

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

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

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

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."