Stavros Theodorakis

Other political leaders’ statements from Parliament in the early morning (!) hours of Thursday on on the second package of prior actions envisioned in a memorandum for a third Greek bailout:

Potami party leader Stavros Theodorakis:

“Government’s handling of economic crisis brought the country to a worse state than previous situation”

Both top opposition leaders, center-right New Democracy’s (ND) president Vangelis Meimarakis and centrist Potami party leader Stavros Theodorakis warned this week against snap elections in the country.
Crisis-plagued Greece last held elections in January, with leftist SYRIZA taking power in a coalition with the rightist-populist Independent Greeks’ (AN.EL) party.

Centrist Potami (River) leader Stavros Theodorakis was received in Brussels on Friday by EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker for a nearly two-hour meeting.

In statements afterwards, Theodorakis told reporters that Juncker believes the last Greek proposal is a “sufficient basis for negotiations”.

Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis assured European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici on Wednesday, when the pair met in Brussels, that his party would vote for any agreement between the government and its lenders.

Political percolation within the Greek opposition appeared to pick this week amid the increasingly frustrating “last stretch” negotiations between Athens and its institutional creditors, as well as a budding pro-Europe movement that has recently emerged on the pavement.

“We’ll have a chat with those who cover-up for rapists another time,” was the eyebrow-raising phrase used by the leader of the centrist Potami party on Friday during an off-the-agenda party leaders’ debate, sending shock waves through the legislature.

To Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis said Thursday that his party would back any agreement between the government and the institutions, while PASOK chief Evangelos Venizelos suggested that PASOK would be willing to be part of the coalition responsible for implementing this deal.

Greece's fourth-largest party, pro-EU To Potami, on Thursday pledged to back a new deal between the country and its creditors that could face a rocky ride through parliament.

"Whichever agreement comes to parliament, all To Potami lawmakers will vote for it, without haggling, because the country needs oxygen," party leader Stavros Theodorakis told Skai TV.

Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis and six other MPs declined the offer of a parliamentary car, following the draw held in the Greek parliament for the distribution of parliamentary cars among the 135 new deputies from all parties.

Potami leader Stavros Theodorakis revealed on Monday his party's stance on the issue of the President of the Republic, suggesting that the candidate for this position doesn't necessarily have to be a politician.