Main opposition New Democracy (ND) shadow finance minister Christos Staikouras in an interview with the Sunday newspaper Real News said that on one hand we have ND's comprehensive, realistic and costed programme and on the other hand a bad and piecemeal copy of some of ND's proposals in which SYRIZA does not believe and can't implement".

Growth in 2018 was lower than the target set because of a greater drop in investments, New Democracy economy shadow minister Christos Staikouras said on Monday.

"What we now have is an unofficial fourth memorandum... firstly because fiscal targets remain high, secondly because [the country's] assets remain bound for a century and thirdly because the country is still in state of enhanced surveillance," said New Democracy (ND) shadow finance minister Christos Staikouras to "Praktoreio 104.9 FM" on Wednesday.