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.
George Papandreou: Bem, obviamente houve limitações que não permitiram a mim ou a outros tomar os tipos de decisões que queríamos, e, obviamente, eu esperava que tivéssemos tempo de fazer as reformas que teriam lidado com o déficit ao contrário de tentar cortar o déficit, que era um sintoma do problema.