The upper echelons of PASOK and Democratic Left refused to support the legalization of reforms as well. The leaders of two of the three parties in the government, Evangelos Venizelos and Fotis Kouvelis were absent from the vote on the package of changes, which political analysts interpret as a stab in the back for Prime Minister Antonis Samaras from New Democracy.

The Archbishop of the Greek Church has stated that it does not need bodyguards while Bishop Amvrosios has determined xenophobia as a "sweet hope" for Greece.

Journalists announced a 24-hour strike against the merger of their health insurance fund with the National Organization for Health Care Provision. The Parliament has rejected the amendment in the law, and at least for now, media representatives will continue to have better health care than other Greeks do.

The final version of the fiscal adjustment the country should apply next year under the Memorandum of financial support reaches a total of 10.9 billion euro.