I can officially state that my government and myself believe that all over Europe we need to open a debate on the 'drug question' in order to create more coherent and human policies with better perspectives. . . . The policy of criminalizing consumers has failed, creating many problems to our society.

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 in Europe have great capacities.

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

We stand united, facing the big responsibility to change our country into a nation of justice, solidarity, humanity and green development.

The Marshall Plan was after destruction, and the U.S. came to our help and obviously this was very, very important for the future of Europe. I think now we have all the capabilities of doing it on our own and, in a sense, we have to.

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.