(9.August) He described the cabinet‘s negotiating tactics as a complete fiasco, pointing out that unfortunately the government has dogmatically clung to the euro in its mistaken belief that Greece‘s exit from the Eurozone is the greatest peril.

The former minister said that the eurozone and the European Union, instead of substantially reforming themselves, are only spinning round in circles; he predicted that Europe will only change if a single country, followed by a group of countries, proves capable of escaping from „the prison of the euro“.