The refugee issue dominated a meeting between main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the president of the European Parliament Martin Schulz on Wednesday in Brussels.

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday gave his inaugural speech as party president to ND's Parliamentary group, thanking the MPs "for keeping ND upright in 2015, during the tsunami of populism that swept the country."

Former Greek Prime Minister and party president emeritus, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, had dinner with New Democracy’s president,Vagelis Meimarakis.