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Is that the model you're looking at for Greece, the Nordic model? I would say the Nordic model, of course with its Mediterranean dimension. Of course, we have a different cultural style, I think a more anarchistic kind of character. If you free that, in a well-defined framework...
But in Norway or Sweden, people have faith in the state, they have faith that the state functions. How do rebuild that faith - or perhaps build it in the first place. It's easy to say you want to end corruption, but how do you actually change that political culture...
Also, decentralizing this huge central government to regional and local government so that services are provided at a local level, but decisions are also made a local level, which makes it more accountable. When I was Minister of Education, for example, I would sign the leave of absence of the...
Talking to people on the streets, one thing I heard again and again is that people want to see somebody punished for corruption and tax evasion. What is your response to that? Will people see punishment? I get that all the time. This is the sense that I was telling...
Sometimes, migration or living in different cultures can either make you a bit claustrophobic or defensive about your identity - and I think we may all go through that phase when we are in that migratory period - but it also can let you open up and let you feel happy about...