Judicial authorities are investigating loans amounting 700 million euros which Proton bank has granted to companies of the businessmen at the time when he was running the bank.
The list of Greek Prime Minister nominees contains also the name of the representative of Greece to the International Monetary Fund Panagiotis Rumeliotis. According to government sources, negotiations were suspended due to Antonis Samaras' refusal to involve his associates in the coalition government.
It is not known whether he will accept the post, because he has just recently been elected for the second four-year term of his position, and ruling Greece does not now seem the first choice in the professional life of a man outside politics.
Greece has been in the eye of the euro cyclone for almost the last two years, but last week, it could be said, was the apotheosis of the Greek political drama that actually has threatened to sweep the entire eurozone.
PASOK and New Democracy tenacity and perseverance to impose their own demands make the talks difficult. Greece's creditors, however, are quite clear in their requirement for significant participation of both parties in the new cabinet.