Venizelos: The political transition ended on Sunday

With accelerated procedures the cabinet approved the proposal presented by the Finance minister for the saving of 325 million euros that create a division between Athens and Brussels. In contrast, the ministers were concerned when they were told about the Eurogroup postponement.

Our partners are pushing for Antonis Samaras' signature and are determined to take things to extremes. Regarding the election, an issue raised by Wolfgang Schaeuble, the ministers made only indirect references. They all agreed that the schedule until June is suffocating.

But they know they cannot withstand another critical vote without elections, even if they are a waste of time for the implementation of the measures. "We turn the page, the political transition ended on Sunday," Venizelos said.

They also discussed the events in Athens. Fofi Gennimata was harsher than anyone against Christos Papoutsis. "If we are not able, we need to say why," said the deputy minister. "We must pay for the damage," Voridis said.

"We still have not paid for the disasters of 2008," said Andreas Loverdos. After all this, the vice minister of Citizen Protection said there should be a Cabinet meeting "behind closed doors", referring apparently, to a meeting with no leaks.