Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet with a five-party group on Thursday evening on the sidelines of the EU leaders council. Sources state that Tsipras had requested the meeting from European Council President Donald Tusk.

The meeting, according to sources, will be attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, ECB president Mario Draghi, the president of European Council Donald Tusk and Tsipras.