Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises.

If Greece had gone through a very normal political life, I may have not been in politics. But just the fact that I lived through huge upheavals and very difficult struggles and polarization and the barbarism of dictatorships - that made me feel that we had to change this country.

This is global governance in the making. But we must agree, and agree to a binding commitment.

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.

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

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.

Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.