You can theorise about the options you have but in reality they are very specific.

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.

There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.

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.

The structures in Europe in a globalising economy need to be modernised, need to be more integrated, need to be stronger.

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.

I never thought of politics as a profession.