So far, it is certain that Mr. Yannis Stournaras will not remain in the Ministry of Finance but he will be appointed governor of the Bank of Greece. Also, Mr. Christos Staikouras remains Deputy Minister.

Moreover, those who will be excluded from the new government scheme are Mr. Stavros Papastavrou, Mr Nikos Dendias and Mr Makis Voridis. Also, the possibility of Prime Minister being the new Finance Minister is also ruled out, whereas the information according to which Mr Nikolas Economides, Professor at the University Stern U.S, will be appointed Finance Minister was refuted.

Moreover, it seems that Mr Evangelos Venizelos remains at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Dimitris Avramopoulos at Ministry of National Defense, Mrs Olga Kefalogianni at Ministry of Tourism and possibly Mr. Yiannis Maniatis at Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change.

Also, it is sure that Mr. Andreas Loverdou will have a place in the new government scheme, probably as Minister of Rural Development and Food.

Also, it is said that Minister of Interior Yannis Michelakis, Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis, Minister of Labour Yannis Vroutsis, Minister of Education Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos, Minister of Culture Panos Panagiotopoulos, Minister of Justice Haralampos Athanasiou will be removed from office. Some of them will be removed from the government scheme and others will retain a place in the cabinet.

Also, it is said that new persons will be included such as professor Christodoulos Stefanadis, who was included in the ballot paper of New Democracy and is likely to take over the Ministry of Health, and MP Vasilis Kikilias who claims the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change.

Mr Antonis Samaras had a meeting with Mrs Dora Bakogiannis regarding the new government scheme, but it seems that she will not be included, although both sides reached an agreement.

In any case, the reshuffle will be judged primarily on the new Minister of Finance. The Prime Minister wants to mark the continued progress of the country towards development, without giving up the structural changes, which will bring him in conflict with the Troika and the European partners.

At the same time, he wants to defuse the social discontent recorded in recent elections, but also to keep balance between New Democracy and PASOK.