Parliament's Economic Affairs Committee

Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos accused main opposition chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis of heavy-handedness after comments made during a visit to Athens by European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici.

Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos told Parliament's Economic Affairs Committee on Thursday that the 2018 budget is not fair "in an absolute way," and raised some eyebrows saying that the government had the option not to vote for it and to call elections instead.