I think the gains to be achieved by a combination of reforms and labor market adjustments are going to be more permanent and will provide a basis for reducing unemployment and improving expert performance and sustaining growth in a way that is more sound and more permanent.

The financial crisis in our country is not a passing storm. Given the size of the problems, our national effort will not be completed in 2012. It will take many years and will require the efforts and insistence of several governments.

I am not a politician but I have dedicated the biggest part of my professional life to economic policy both in Greece and Europe.

I think achieving a higher fiscal stability is also a very important condition for restoring an environment which is conducive to growth...

The participation of our country in the eurozone is a guarantee for the country's monetary stability. It is a driver of financial prosperity.

In the 20 years before Greece end up with the Euro, efforts to improve competitiveness through exchange rate and adjustments resulted only in temporary gains of competitiveness.

We must all assume out responsibilities to take the country forward.