Deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos continues to deny (for a
second day) that he stated to the online edition of turkish newspaper Hurriyet 'Greeks are now paying the price for being lazy while the Turks worked hard and their economy benefited'.
Main Opposition party (ND) spokesman stressed that Pangalos is out contol.
The Deputy Prime Minister’s office in statement says that Mr Pangalos had not spoken to any journalists during his visit to Turkey for a meeting with the Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios. “The Deputy Pime Minister never made comments or gave an interview with the content that is referred to in New Democracy’s statement or anywhere else,” said Pangalos' office in the statement.