A fan of the Greek Minister of Finance said to him, "We are with you!" And he replied, "Yes, but you should be with us after the collision, shouldn't you?"
A detailed message published by the Ministry of Finance presents the final data on budget implementation in February 2015, establishing deficits in all items.
Despite the three days of mourning announced in Europe on occasion of the tragic air accident in France, the Greek flag was not lowered to half mast during the parade. The tragedy was also completely absent from the statements of President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the other officials of the Greek state.
The reactions were provoked by statements of Deputy Minister of Finance Nadia Valavani who said that "nothing wrong will happen to Mykonos and Santorini if they switch to the VAT regime like the one in Crete."
An increasing number of publications in foreign media indicate that Athens will not be able to avoid the measures that are considered as unthinkable today.