I Never Thought Of Politics As A

Despite The Deep Reforms We Are Making, Traders And Speculators Have Forced Interest Rates On Greek Bonds To Record Highs.

An Elected Government Making Huge Changes With The Consent Of Its People, Is Being Undermined By Concentrated Powers In Unregulated Markets-powers Which Go Beyond Those Of Any Individual Government.

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.

The Greek People Do Not Want To Exit The Euro, And I Believe The Greek People Already Have Shown That They Have Made Major Sacrifices To Stay Within The Eurozone.

Politics Also Means Educating People. It's Important To Speak Openly With Our Fellow Greeks, To Tell Them What Our Problems Are And That We Have To Change Something.