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

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.

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?

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.

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.

In ancient Greece, politics and the market were not decoupled.

I never thought of politics as a profession.