European Parliament President Martin Schulz visited Prime Minister Tsipras in Athens today. The meeting was the new Prime Minister's first with a European official and focused on what the new government's priorities will be. 
Tsipras told Schulz the new government has a plan for sweeping reforms that will address the root causes of Greece's crisis and said he aims to start talks with the country's creditors on a completely new footing. 
Schulz responded by saying he was pleased that tackling tax evasion was among the new government's top priorities and that its willing to promote its position through discussion rather than unilateral action. 
Government spokesman Gavril Sakelaridis issued a statement after the meeting saying the two officials agreed that austerity policies have not helped the Eurozone exit the crisis.

A small part of Schulz's discussion with Tsipras did focus on the crisis in eastern Ukraine and the issue of the EU imposing further sanctions on Russia for it's involvement. Greece expressed dissatisfaction with a decision by the EU to release a statement urging the union's foreign ministers to consider further sanctions against Russia, saying Athens had not been consulted about it. The issue is on the agenda during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels tomorrow, which will be attended for the first time by Greece's new foreign minister NIkos Kotzias. 
Government spokesman Sakelaridis told reporters that Schulz expressed his disagreement with Greece's position on the issue but that Tsipras clarified the government does not connect the country's economic issues with its foreign policy.