I would like to see Greece as a case study, an opportunity for Europe to strengthen its coordination of fiscal policy.

The structures in Europe in a globalising economy need to be modernised, need to be more integrated, need to be stronger.

This is global governance in the making. But we must agree, and agree to a binding commitment.

You can theorise about the options you have but in reality they are very specific.

I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today.

The Marshall Plan was after destruction, and the U.S. came to our help and obviously this was very, very important for the future of Europe. I think now we have all the capabilities of doing it on our own and, in a sense, we have to.

My hope is that we will turn Greece into maybe the most transparent country in the world with everything on the web.