I have always believed that this idea of having a nation go through this very painful five or six years of continuous recession with high unemployment would be detrimental for the economy and the society.

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

I have always believed that this idea of having a nation go through this very painful five or six years of continuous recession with high unemployment would be detrimental for the economy and the society.

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

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

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

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