There Are Certain Moments In The History

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.

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 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.

You Can Theorise About The Options You Have But In Reality They Are Very Specific.