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“In any transition period there is a clash of realities. In the 1930s people considered the eventual solutions, at first, to be unrealistic. It’s the same this time round. At first, in the euro crisis there was to be no bailout. Then no buying of government debt. Then no QE. Each of these things have happened. Some things which are now seen as unrealistic will change with the political balance of forces.”

Euclid Tsakalotos

" Inside Syriza’s economic brain http://blogs.channel4.com/paul-mason-blog/Greece-syriza-election/2941" (20 January 2015) <br class="br">Quoted during an interview, via Skype, between Tsakalotos and a number of other economists. Hosted at the London School of Economics.

“It is a very tough agreement, with many thorns, and as for the question of who will implement it, that depends on who the Greek people trust to negotiate debt restructuring.”

Euclid Tsakalotos

" Fiery all-night debate in Greek parliament before bailout vote http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/aug/14/greek-parliament-finance-minister-debate-bailout-vote-video" (14 August 2015)

“It takes Greece forward in the sense that the financial system should be much more stable from now onwards. There is a promise of recapitalization of the banks, without any of the depositors having to bail in or anything to worry about. The process of reversing the negative effects of capital controls will start very quickly and will speedily return the banks to where they were before, hopefully on a far firmer footing. Any deal is only as good as what you make of it. Let's hope the Greek people will be able to make the best of this deal.”

Euclid Tsakalotos

" Tsakalotos says bailout deal will take country forward http://www.ekathimerini.com/200582/article/ekathimerini/business/tsakalotos-says-bailout-deal-will-take-country-forward" (15 August 2015)