The Structures In Europe In A Globalising

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.

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.

It Is Important That The Greek People Make Decisions On Important Developments.

How Can A Parliamentarian Or A Leader In A Country Say, On The One Hand, That We're Going To Support Greece But At The Same Time Say That Greeks Are Lazy?

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.