George Papandreou: Well, obviously there were constraints which didn't allow me or others to make the types of decisions we would have wanted, and obviously I had hoped that we would have the time to make the reforms which would have dealt with the deficit rather than trying to cut the deficit which was the symptom of the problem.
GP: Obviamente houve limitações que não permitiram. nem a mim nem a outros tomar o tipo de decisões  que desejaríamos, e obviamente eu tinha esperança que tivéssemos tido tempo para fazer as reformas que teriam lidado com o défice em vez de o tentar cortar que foi o sintoma do problema.