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.
No início deste ano, quando eu estava a representar a Grécia — no recém-eleito governo grego — no Eurogrupo, enquanto ministro das Finanças, disseram-me muito claramente que o processo democrático do nosso país — as nossas eleições — não podia interferir com as políticas económicas que estavam a ser implementadas na Grécia.