Evangelos Venizelos insisted that he has never suggested that PASOK ministers would leave the government if PASOK performs poorly in the upcoming European Parliament elections (as part of Elia).

Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos stated that the demand for the nation's 3.5 billion euros worth of five year bonds, revealed that Greece's debt is maintainable.

The government's cohesion was again put to the test, this time over a technicality that might have barred Yannis Boutaris from running for Thessaloniki mayor.