I Would Like To See Greece As

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.

First Of All, Greece Won't Go Down. We're Talking About A Country That Is Capable Of Making Change. Europe Will Not Allow The Destabilization Of The 27-country Euro Zone. But If There Were No Action, Then Markets Would Start Becoming Jittery About Other Countries - And Not Only Spain And Portugal, But Other Countries In The European Union.

Countries Are Not Like Financial Markets. Social Change Cannot Be Executed As Swiftly As Credit-default Swaps. You Cannot Sell Short On Social Commitments And Practical Responsibilities.

We Have Made Major Reforms In Greece. When I Took Over After A Landslide Victory We Had A Mandate For Change And I Knew My Major Focus Would Be Re-organizing The State.

There Is This Concept Of Politics As A Dirty Game.