Don Quixote, the classic noble idealist who fights the world around him against his better judgment is alive and well in Greece. Three Greeks, at a high personal cost, tried in their own way to make Greece a better country. Each in their own way, fight poverty, corruption and indifference in a country that went downhill socially after 2009.

This video is part of an episode of 'In Europe, history caught in the act' with Geert Mak by Stefanie de Brouwer and Roel van Broekhoven. The following people were interviewed: former Minister of Finance Giorgos Papakonstantinou, windsurfing champion Nikos Kaklamanakis en cardiologist Giorgos Vichas.

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