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The new Greek Prime Minister has already confronted Brussels, but not in connection with the external debt of Greece and with the EU policy towards Russia. The members of the cabinet have not yet taken an oath and the office of Alexis Tsipras has already issued an angry message, expressing his displeasure at the fact that EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini has issued a document on behalf of EU heads of state and government without consulting Athens.

In the document, the EU condemns the continuing and increasing support of Russia for the separatists in eastern Ukraine after the blind attacks in Mariupol over the past days that killed at least 300 people.

The communication of the General Secretariat to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras states, "The opinion of EU heads of state and government, which was published today, has been disseminated without observing the prescribed procedure for securing the consent of the member-states and in particular without ensuring the consent of Greece. In this context, we emphasize that the opinion is given without the consent of Greece. We have expressed our dissatisfaction with this approach both in a phone call of the Prime Minister with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, and to the competent authorities at the Permanent Representation of Greece to the European Union."

Greece's new Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias

The emergency meeting of foreign ministers that Federica Mogherini will convene on Thursday because of the situation in Ukraine will involve Greece’s new Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias. Asked about the position of Athens regarding the imposition of new sanctions against Moscow, he replied, "It will be democratic."