Earlier this year, while I was representing Greece -- the newly elected Greek government -- in the Eurogroup as its Finance Minister, I was told in no uncertain terms that our nation's democratic process -- our elections -- could not be allowed to interfere with economic policies that were being implemented in Greece.
Početkom ove godine, dok sam predstavljao Grčku -- novoizabranu grčku vladu -- u Eurogrupi, kao ministar financija, izravno mi je rečeno da demokratski proces naše zemlje -- naši izbori -- ne smiju ometati ekonomske mjere  koje su se uvodile u Grčkoj.