Main opposition New Democracy’s Central Committee for Ethics on Wednesday decided to expel the head of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and of the Central Union of Hellenic Chambers, Constantinos Michalos, during a meeting on Wednesday.

"Habitual slackers shouls not expect indulgence from the settlement of loans in the red," said today the Minister of Development Nikos Dendias after his meeting with the President of the union of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry Kostantinos Mihalos.

"We should not repeat the mistake and enter a new memorandum," was the statement made by Kostantinos Mihalos presidentof the Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA), when asked to comment on talks about the 2014 budget between the Troika and the government.