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...very populist leader in many ways. Is that difference just reflective of your different personalities? Or is it also that it's a different time? Every leader wants to put his or her imprint on the work that they do, and grow up in specific eras. I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice...
...getting close to 28 to 29 years. So the fact that they call me decent after 29 years shows you can be decent in politics. There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. It's a difficult game, but it doesn't have to be dirty. I think this is what we need to bring to politics. I think politics around the world has very often been captured by big interests - lobbies they call them in the States. (See how Americans are spending...
...recalibrate their expectations? We want to make sure the social system survives. We have to become competitive. Greece also has both negatives, but also a positive on this because our social system is not well organized, there's a lot of waste. So in cutting down the waste, I think we can modernize it and make it even more efficient as far as costs. And this is where I think we can move ahead. There are countries that have been able to maintain a social welfare system, and see that as part and parcel of being competitive. That...
...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, that can become a very innovative force...
...that political culture? The first thing is to realize that it exists as a problem and that we've accomplished already. People are saying: 'we do need this change. We do want to have a different state. We do want to fight corruption.' How do you do that? I think here we don't have to invent the wheel. For example, there are some things we can do which modern technology allows us to do, which makes things much easier. For example: putting every single signature of a public servant, from a minister to the local civil servant...