Unfortunately, this confidence waned during the second half of the year. To be sure, there has been continued expansion in the US economy, but it seems hesitant and unconvincing. Measures of consumer and business confidence declined, and share prices continued to drift lower, through the second half of 2002. Since the peak in early 2000, US share prices have fallen by around half.
It is necessary to help them. It has to work, which is why the negotiations and discussions are about to start. And you say that Mr Tsipras has no choice but to involve Brussels, adhere to what the ECB wants, and honour the natural commitments of a Greek government. Because Europe is a community based on the rule of law. It is co-owned.