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We're on our way to Greece, in the hands of a confused, foolish government. It's got to stop. It's got to stop.

If the 'Athens Spring' - when the Greek people courageously rejected the catastrophic austerity conditions of the previous bailouts - has one lesson to teach, it is that Greece will recover only when the European Union makes the transition from 'We the states' to 'We the European people.'

My hope is that we will turn Greece into maybe the most transparent country in the world with everything on the web.

I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together.

Athens will again be the host of the Games in 2004, but there are rumors that they might be switched if the Greeks don't begin to construct the sites faster.

We will do whatever we could do to keep Greece inside the euro and inside Europe.

Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.

So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon.

In the long term, Greece is an important market for us.

As long as I feel I am doing what I think is right and just for my country, for the Greek people, that is enough for me. Saving Greece from this crisis was the first thing on the agenda. We are now on a much more normalised road.