Varoufakis

Varoufakis drops EUROLEAKS, exposes authoritarian EU (Video)

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss Greek former Minister of Finance and Secretary-General of left-wing political party MeRA25, Yanis Varoufakis’ Euroleaks audio file release.
Varoufakis leaked audio recordings of secretive Eurogroup talks with Greece during a tense negotiation for debt relief and restructuring.

Yanis Varoufakis reveals he accused Greek PM Alexis Tsipras of being “totally stupid” in dealing with Greece’s creditors

When Radical left PM Alexis Tsipras had his ‘Grexit’ bluff called out by Brussels technocrats, then finance minister Yanis Varoufakis blasted Tsipras for his complete capitulation to EU demands.
Varoufakis’ split from Tsipras, and the details behind the schism between the two men, has been a subject of much debate, as the Greek economy continues to falter into greater despair.
Varoufakis is now disclosing some colorful rhetoric that took place in the early days of Tsipras’ presidency, and his quick subjugation to his EU masters during the summer of 2015.