Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Friday with visiting French President Emmanuel Macron.
In statements afterward, Mitsotakis said that he had a very substantial discussion on all matters involving Greece and Europe, including the need to deepen the euro area.

Europe has to say no to additional measures that hamper growth in Greece, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a televised interview given jointly to the public broadcaster ERT and the private channel ANT1, sending a message that "we must move away from Europe of austerity and assume our responsbilities, the future lies before us." 

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stressed the need to promote a dialog for "a new democratic contract in Europe" to bring back solidarity and equality between states and between citizens, during his speech at the hill of the Pnyx in Athens on Thursday evening.