PM: Realistic plan for Greek exit from crisis

More specifically, Tsipras noted: "We are negotiating with a plan and strategy amid difficult conditions. All Greeks know the difference between a government that negotiates and the previous governments that signed whatever they were asked to.

Greeks should be proud, regardless of the party they belong to. Greece has tabled proposals, we have made concessions - a normal practice in a negotiation - but we have submitted a realistic plan for the country to get out of the crisis.

The next day of the negotiation will have difficulties, and what the Greek people are asking is for the government to overcome the difficulties in just and equal terms. The outcome of the negotiations will mark the end of the division of Europe. It is now clear that the decision about whether they wish to adapt to realism and exit the crisis without Europe's division belongs to the leadership of Europe.

It is not just a Greek problem, it is a European and global issue. The dilemma is between a realistic exit option and the division of Europe. The government is moving with a plan and determination and based on the vast majority of the Greek people, who wants a solution and does not want the country to return to the previous period of memoranda and subordination."

Finally, the PM expressed his optimism that the political leadership of Europe will approach their positions with respect and Greece will have made its contribution to the future of a united Europe. He added that the ministries of Education and Health will determine whether the government has achieved its targets at the end of the four-month period.

"A major goal of the government is to create the conditions for young people to stay and offer in the country. Education, Culture and Research are the areas that will judge the government's ability to make reforms. Our aim is not to reproduce the models of the past, but to change the status quo," he stressed.