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You were one of the few commentators who claimed since this government had assumed power that it did not want to conclude an agreement with creditors. How did you predict that?

I said what I saw. These people suffer from obsession. They are unable in the full meaning of the word and have no idea of what is happening outside their microcosm. They thought they would blackmail the whole world, and that Greece could meet its requirements on its own, relying on its own production. And they persuaded the people with these "heroic" scenarios.

But you should know that in Greece we are not aware of our history. All the achievements of the modern Greek state are due to the help of the Western allies. And if, at some point, we attained economic prosperity and democracy that was functioning sufficiently well, it was precisely because we were part of the West. In all other cases in which we did the opposite, Greece was struck by catastrophes, followed by destroyed human lives and human suffering.

Once again, those brainless and stupid people who are unaware of history are aiming to do the same, to blame everything on the "foreigners" and to satisfy their own obsession. I think that no other state in the West had a similar government. This is a circus of people who live in their own world and who have lost touch with reality. Being familiar with the people in question, I knew from the beginning that they wanted to satisfy their obsession and coffee-drinking Marxism that they had preached all their lives. I was sure that they did not want to reach an agreement and could not work for it.

Now that we have come to the stage of the wrath of citizens, I count neither on honesty nor on their insight. I set my hopes only on the instinct of self-preservation that all cheaters have. To understand that without an agreement, on Monday they would not be able to pay the advance of civil servants, they would be no longer able to pay pensions and deal with the wrath of the people who would understand that they had been deceived. I hope that the fear for their own skin, I am saying it directly, would force them to sign some agreement. If they fail to sign it, it will be a bad moment for the country and very soon, they will withdraw from power, chased away by the people. Then, someone should be found to restore this country from its ruined remnants.

Currently, people cannot imagine the size of the catastrophe that will follow. We lived well for many years. You see that 85% of young people supported the negative vote. They cannot imagine that without agreement, they will have to irrevocably part with smartphones, tablets, jokes and coffee drinking at restaurants and that they will be unable to go to any European country. They have not been through anything like that, it is very far from their experience. They are making their revolution and I do not blame them for that, they are young. But they really cannot realize that we will rely on the mercy of the outside world in the form of humanitarian aid in order to have access to food, medicines and fuel. They just do not think about it. However, when this happens, they will be the first to be angry. Those of us who are composed will come to aid and save this government from being lynched, because if it continues in this way, people will chase it to burn it.

Do you see a ray of hope among the opposition?

The meeting of political leaders two days ago was tragic. Even before its beginning, I commented that it would be a huge mistake on their part to give Alexis Tsipras the right to go to Europe and claim he had the consent of the opposition. They should have made him face his responsibilities. They should have submitted their proposals and told him that if he wanted to pursue a policy, a product of his own inspiration, he alone would be responsible for its consequences. Moreover, they should have insisted on him finally clarifying what exactly this policy was because nobody had presented it so far. Therefore, party leaders should have insisted on him presenting it and in the case of a refusal, they should have informed the public that the prime minister did not want to say what he intended to do, therefore, they could not come to terms with him.

However, Mr. Theodorakis, who was quite wrong during Monday's meeting, yesterday openly declared that the government actions were treason. That is correct and I congratulate him for that.

Today we have reactions on the part of New Democracy and PASOK. This is good. Perhaps it is late for them but better late than never.

However, the opposition is not enough. Actually, this is the basis of the voting in the referendum, although people are not satisfied with Mr. Tsipras. They realize that something is wrong but do not want the former rulers to return to power. Mr. Samaras was late in understanding this and in resigning. Generally, I can say that the opposition, the pro-European parties in particular, do not understand that they cannot sit and wait for the failure of the government to take power afterwards. The days of the country are over. We are already counting the hours until the catastrophe. I hope at least the shock will wake us up and we will not have to experience other misfortunes to become reasonable. We have experienced enough mishaps. Nevertheless, I cannot exclude the possibility of them happening again. I just hope it will not be necessary.