• In an article about the Greek debt crisis, Elena Panaritis, a member of the Greek government, was quoted as replying – in answer to a question about why her office sported so many Apple computers – “That’s because I’m not Greek, I’m American”. Ms Panaritis was evidently using a figure of speech to describe influences on her life, as she made clear in a later unpublished remark noted during the interview: “I was born here [Greece] but I am one of the diaspora.” For the avoidance of doubt: as a parliamentarian she is, by definition, a Greek citizen; the constitution requires this (The cash panic that reveals the depths of a nation’s despair, 2 August, page 18).
Έλενα Παναρίτη στον Guardian: “Δεν είμαι Ελληνίδα, είμαι Αμερικανίδα…”
