"We are building a wall of dignity," Tsipras said, adding, "if the partners believed at one point that we would be followers of previous governments, we have certainly disappointed them."

Greece is experiencing perhaps its most dramatic period from the fall of the military junta in 1974 to the present day and its remaining in the euro zone is at stake.

The representatives of the International Monetary Fund argue that Greece is the most non-cooperating state in the 70-year history of the Fund, defining the behaviour of Athens to its official lenders as unacceptable.