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.

Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises.

Every leader wants to put his or her imprint on the work that they do, and grow up in specific eras.

Markets are saying pretty much what I'm saying too: that Greece is doing what it can, but that Greece is not going to be able to carry the weight of all of Europe and the other problems that Europe has.

If we were the problem, it would be very convenient, kick Greece out, everything's fine. But what happened to Spain? What about Portugal? What about Italy? What about the whole of the Eurozone? We need more cooperation and less simplification and prejudice about what has to happen.

It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments.

The real problem in Greece is not cutting taxes, it's making sure that we don't have tax evasion.