I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora.

We in Europe have great capacities.

As long as I feel I am doing what I think is right and just for my country, for the Greek people, that is enough for me. Saving Greece from this crisis was the first thing on the agenda. We are now on a much more normalised road.

I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together.

Very often, people will come out and say, 'Greeks aren't doing things, Greeks aren't making changes, there's no reform,' That is hogwash. We have made a huge effort. The Greek people have made a huge effort.

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

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