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 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.

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

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

Very often, people will come out and say, 'Greeks aren't doing things, Greeks aren't making changes, there's no reform,' That is hogwash. We have made a huge effort. The Greek people have made a huge effort.

But sovereign debt is a wider question not only in Europe but across the globe. While every country is a unique case, I think it's not an issue of countries acting on their own. We need a more coordinated strategy not only in Europe but around the world.

There is this concept of politics as a dirty game.