Costas Karagounis

New Democracy maintained a relatively low profile Thursday as it waited to see the outcome of the government?s negotiations with the eurozone.

The conservatives find themselves in a difficult position as they do not want their criticism of the SYRIZA-Independent Greeks coalition to appear like support for the stubborn negotiating line taken by the country?s lenders.

Alternate Citizens Protection Minister Yiannis Panousis complained on Wednesday that the European Union?s immigration policy has imposed a disproportionately heavy burden on Greece, indicating that Greece?s European peers might feel differently if the country opened its borders and allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants to continue their journeys to other EU member states.

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Conservative New Democracy has accused Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis of ?defaming? the country.

?Yesterday in Rome, Mr Tsipras called Greece a corrupt country and today Mr Varoufakis called it a bankrupt [country],? ND spokesman Costas Karagounis said Wednesday.

New Democracy spokesman Costas Karagounis attacked Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Wednesday, charging that duo is damaging the reputation of the country with their statements.