Many people have been pontificating, and patronizing, and moralizing, and scapegoating, saying you Greeks, you are the problem. I would say we Greeks have a problem. We are not the problem.

Today I want to send a message of optismism to all Greeks. Our road, our path, will be more stabilised. Our country will be in a better situation. We will be stronger.

I can officially state that my government and myself believe that all over Europe we need to open a debate on the 'drug question' in order to create more coherent and human policies with better perspectives. . . . The policy of criminalizing consumers has failed, creating many problems to our society.

I never thought of politics as a profession.

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

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

When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.