Unsubstantiated is the characterization used by Government sources for the publication of the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, according to which the President of the European Commission responded negatively to the proposal of the Greek Prime Minister for a meeting before the Eurogroup next Monday.

KIDISO, George Papandreou's party, accuses Elena Panariti for slander after statements that even before Greece entered the memorandum the Papandreou government was sending bills to the German Government for approval or even their drafting.

Main opposition New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras faced off against critics and challengers within the party on Thursday, during a stormy session of ND's Parliamentary group, amid calls for his resignation and an emergency congress to "refound" the party.

The next Eurogroup meeting on Monday will discuss the letter with the reform list that Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis sent to Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem, a senior eurozone official on Friday told journalists.