“Governments do not fall from verbal errors,” government spokeswoman Olga Gerovassili said on Sunday in an interview with RealNews newspaper and added that the parliamentary cohesion remains solid, because the MPs understand the negotiation needs and their obligations towards Greek citizens.

Asked whether Alternate Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas remains on the government, Mrs. Gerovassili said that any estimates before the meetings between the prime minister and the two ministers are pointless.

She also stressed that “Mr. Mouzalas is one of the most tireless, efficient and with broad social acceptance government members” and that “opposition wanted to take advantage of a government crisis that never happened”.

Mrs. Gerovassili also accused main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis of misguided statements and inconsistency.