Those who are saying that Mario Draghi is in the camp of those trying to push Greece outside the Euroarea, are wrong.

Since it took up office, the Commission which I lead has pursued a clear policy: we need less interference from Brussels when it comes to the things that Member States can deal with better on their own. That is why we no longer regulate oil cans or showerheads, but concentrate instead on what we can do better together rather than alone - such as tackling the refugee crisis or securing our external borders. Only in that way can we make people feel that Europe makes a tangible difference.

Europe is a democracy and differences of opinion are part of it.

There is a distorted perception of what goes on in Brussels. No one reports on the Commission taking a hundred initiatives from its predecessor off the table in order to shift competencies back to member state governments.

I wouldn't like Greece to stay recession. I do think that everything has to be undertaken to reconnect with growth.

Much as I would have liked to respond factually and truthfully to each and every piece of misinformation spread by the Brexit campaign, it was important that I stayed out of the domestic political debate. It was David Cameron's task to win the UK referendum, not ours.

The good thing about the European Union is that the joint project ultimately benefits all Member States and not just a few.