Damage has spread to irrigation and draining systems, rural roads and bridges.

While saying Greece should show sensitivity with the matter, prime minister Alexis Tsipras believes the government should seek war reparations from Germany.

The aim of the measure is to establish “a uniform working relationship in the public sector”.

Greece’s finance minister said European leaders knew all along that Athens would never repay its debts.

No time to lose says Eurogroup president.

Parliament will re-establish a committee whose purpose would be to examine Greece’s claims to Second World War reparations from Germany.

The party denies the allegations and says the defendants are victims of a political witch-hunt.

Former Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis says the money sent abroad had been declared and taxed in Greece.

Sources close to Alexis Tsipras spoke of a “relatively positive but extremely fluid climate.”

Unemployment sits at 26 per cent.