This country has a very long memory. The question of reforming the labor code is now on ice for years. No politician is going to touch it.

That is my major preoccupation /memory, the kingdom of memory. I want to protect and enrich that kingdom, glorify that kingdom and serve it.

The restaurant industry is the most labor-intensive industry in the country.

There is a resurgence of the nation-state in Europe. These nationalist and protectionist instincts are hard to reconcile with the idea of European integration.

If you get burned, you will take time before you try again.

Europe is weakening at a time when its critical mass is most needed. The timing is a catastrophe.