Venizelos meets Schaeuble

“This, however, is a step that will be made after the programme is successfully completed,” he reiterated, adding that Greece should continue on this path. He said that the successes so far are encouraging, for everybody, to continue on this path and he underlined the big steps of progress made by Greece, noting that the path of solidarity and reforms was painful but the right choice.

On his part, Evangelos Venizelos referred to the issue of political stability, explaining that the decision to speed up the election of the Greek president was made in order to clear up the political situation and, in case of a successful outcome, for the government to be able to work unhindered to achieve the lift-off of the Greek economy.

“Our partners know that the Greek people are ready to meet the challenge of the day after, the day after the memorandum,” Venizelos underlined.