It is very unusual for a country to ask guys who are not politicians to come and run the country.

Not all Greeks are ready to do whatever is necessary to stay in the euro.

There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S. cabinet members are confirmed.

I believe that reforms will not really take hold if they do not gradually come into the culture of the people.

As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments of the 15 member states, and undergone individual scrutiny and a vote of confidence from the European Parliament.

Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment remain just that and doesn't get affected by trade or other considerations.

In the area of macroeconomic policies, I think we'll see more centralization, like in the budgetary sphere.