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

A lot of the American press at the time was saying 'just watch what happens when Bertelsmann tries to buy EMI, that will be a moment of truth that will show the Commission's true colors.' Well, that deal never happened either.

I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership.

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.

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

There was in Italy a hidden demand for a boring government which would try to tell the truth in non-political jargon.