Complete disagreement with the Troika expressed by Venizelos and Kouvelis

After the completion of the meeting of the political leaders who support the government, Venizelos and Kouvelis describe an atmosphere of complete disagreement with the Troika.

The two political leaders turned vehemently against the Troika, accusing them of leading things to extremes, without specifying the next step in the negotiations and how Vroutsis and Stournaras will manage the coming discussions with the Troika.

Kouvelis said that DIMAR is not going to pass the measures. He emphasized the changes in labour issues, saying that DIMAR will not vote in their favor, since if they were to get accepted they would feed the recession and unemployment, and that "the measure distribution is an internal affair of Greece."

"The leveling of labour rights is not a structural change. The Troika claims bear no relation to what the country has to deal with for the 11.5 billion euros," he added.

Venizelos said that the Troika is pushing things to extremes and blamed them for deliberate delays, but reiterated that he supports the government. He said that the Troika is "playing with fire for the Greek society and the Eurozone", and that he asked prime minister Antonis Samaras to present at the summit the true national and social issue of Greece.

He concluded by saying "the point we arrived at concerning the labour issues last February is the last one. The package will come to parliament and must really be the last one."

On the government's part, Vroutsis and Stournaras avoided giving their view on how things will progress.