We had about 60 regions in Greece and now there are only 13. It'd be like cutting down 50 states to 13 and making it more efficient.

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

There is this concept of politics as a dirty game.

The more there is a European solution to a theoretical, but possible, problem in the markets, the less we will have to talk about an I.M.F. solution.

This idea that you're a successful tough guy if you evade taxes and deceive the state has got to change.

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

Greece has great strengths, but much of this potential has been wasted. That's because of a wider political system, but also because of a lack of an institutional framework.