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If We Were Going To Default, We Would Have Decided That Many Months Ago. It Would Be Wrong For The Greek Economy, It Would Be Wrong For The European Economy, It Would Make Things Worse In The End. That's Why We're Taking The Pain And Making These Structural Reforms, And We're On Target.

I Have Been Supporting The European Union, But We Are Still A Work In Progress. We Have To Become More Of A United States Of Europe. We Should Talk About Electing A President Of The E.u., Rather Than Having One Selected From The Heads Of Government.

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.

Greece Has Great Strengths, But Much Of This Potential Has Been Wasted. That's Because Of A Wider Political System, But Also Because Of A Lack Of An Institutional Framework.

This Is Global Governance In The Making. But We Must Agree, And Agree To A Binding Commitment.