How can a parliamentarian or a leader in a country say, on the one hand, that we're going to support Greece but at the same time say that Greeks are lazy?

Europe is a strong market for the U.S. If it has problems, if there's a lack of consumer confidence, if there's a deeper recession, this will deeply affect jobs in the U.S.

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

I have always said I will be in politics to serve as best as I can and it will take me wherever it will take me.

We in Europe have great capacities.

I never thought of politics as a profession.

I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora.