The meeting took place under the initiative of PM Tsipras with the aim to inform opposition party leaders about the negotiations proposals on and off the table and exchange views with Meimarakis (ND), Theodorakis (ToPotami), Gennimatas (PASOK), Kammenos (ANEL) and Koutsoumpas (KKE).

Evangelos Meimarakis is the temporary conservative New Democracy leader after ex PM Antonis Samaras resigned two hours after the Referendum results.