German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to avoid being drawn into a direct confrontation with Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras and is unlikely to agree to a bilateral meeting with him at a European Union summit next week, a German government official said.
China’s Commerce ministry expressed its concerns over the Greek government's intention to halt the privatization of Piraeus Port Authority, which China’s COSCO group had bid for.
PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos addressed a joint meeting of the party’s new parliamentary group and the political council and referred to the election result saying it was a heavy defeat for PASOK, its wing and strategy and for him personally. He added that after the party's congress he will step down from PASOK's leadership.