Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, speaking in Parliament late on Tuesday, appeared optimistic over the course of the Greek economy.

The coordinator of the political negotiation group and Alternate Foreign Minister for International Economic Affairs Euclidis Tsakalotos said that "the lenders' programme would not be voted by SYRIZA and Independent Greeks' deputies and the government would fall, that's why we called a referendum" he explained speaking on Friday to private SKAI TV.