Greece's history in the drachma was an up-and-down history, a roller coaster.

People would say you look weak if you're not cursing the opposition and driving around in a big black car while always wearing a tie. Above all, to be 'strong' you're always supposed to be giving orders.

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

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.

Greece's history in the drachma was an up-and-down history, a roller coaster.

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

I never thought of politics as a profession.