Former foreign minister Dimitris Droutsas on Tuesday said he welcomed the new approach on the debt issue.

“There is a ray of hope that we will be able to avert catastrophe”, he said, speaking to German radio station Deutschlandfunk on Tuesday morning. At the same time, however, he did not hide his skepticism. “These are extremely harsh measures. This is eight billion euros for the next one and a half years”.

The matter now is for the austerity measures package to be ratified by the Greek parliament.

“This will not be an easy task for Mr. Tsipras”. Already, some SYRIZA MPs have announced their countering opinions and stance. Mr. Tsipras can no longer live up to his pre-election campaign promises and some citizens are already speaking about him having lied. The austerity package is the opposite to his promises, according to Droutsas. “Now he stands like a king without his clothes”.