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The meeting, chaired by party leader Costas Karamanlis, did not discuss intraparty issues, while according to party spokesman Aris Spiliotopoulos, the issues relating to the expulsions was now over.
The six were brought before the party disciplinary council last week after they failed to comply with the party's line in voting against a government-sponsored amendment for public utilities.
Former ministers Stefanos Manos, George Souflias and Vassilis Kontoyiannopoulos were permanently expelled, while three other deputies were suspended from the party for one year.
Replying to a question as to whether the ND's electoral chances were slashed after the expulsions, Mr. Spiliotopoulos said politics was not practiced through assumptions but was rather judged by results.
He added ND's current mission was to fulfill its institutional undertaking, namely to systematically check on the government for mistakes and deficiencies and submit its own proposals.
Discussion during yesterday's session focused on farmers' protest action, compound interest and the pensions system.
Mr. Spiliotopoulos charged that it was now widely acknowledged that Agriculture Minister Stefanos Tzoumakas was unsuitable for the post because he has insufficient knowledge of the issues involved, on top of having been ineffective on crucial issues in Brussels.
He also accused the government of not having taken advantage of the time since last year's protest action by farmers to bring in parliament a comprehensive policy to solve problems.
Regarding the controversial issue of compound interest, the ND spokesman said in the coming days the party will submit its own proposal in parliament.
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