Government spokeswoman Sofia Voultepsi issued a statement in response to a comment from the Press office of main opposition Radical Left Coalition SYRIZA party on the imminent meeting of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

“We already knew it, that they want Greece to fail. The fact that they utter it openly, is something they should be ashamed of” she said.

“SYRIZA following its undermining tactic against every effort the country makes insists on being exposed to the eyes of the Greek people” Voultepsi said.