The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras traveled to Brussels for the emergency European meeting regarding the developments in Ukraine and from where he stressed the need for Europe to demonstrate its capacity as a mediator.

The French President Francois Hollande claimed that the European Union must support the Ukrainian government, so that it can carry out the necessary financial reforms and carry out presidential elections.

Mr. Hollande stated that «there will be the strongest possible pressure on Russia to begin lowering the tension and in the pressure there is, of course, eventual recourse to sanctions«.