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

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

There is a mass of immigrants, a million of them without work. We will stop this invasion.

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

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.

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.

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