Declan Costello, representing the European Commission in the institutions’ missions in Athens, stressed on Thursday the need for the Europeans to meet their commitments regarding Greek debt relief and proceed with an agreement on a series of front-load measures to ease the country’s public debt.

Greece is set to receive an extra €180 million (AU$288.3 million) in migrant aid from the European Commission for aid projects, thus acknowledging that Greece bore the weight of responsibility at the height of the crisis in the region.

Declan Costello, a spokesman for the European Commission, has been in favor of Greece's strict oversight for years after an exit from the memorandum, in order to implement necessary reforms.