Monday, July 6, 2015

DIRECT – Greece: Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis … – Le Figaro

The Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis announced his resignation after the victory in the referendum on the proposals of the creditors of Athens.

“After the results, I was informed that some members of the Eurogroup preferred I am absent from meetings, says the former minister on his blog. One idea that the Prime Minister found potentially useful to obtain an agreement. For this reason I left the Ministry of Finance today. ”

“I consider it my duty to help Alexis Tsipras to use the political capital we gave the Greeks by yesterday’s referendum,” he added.

He said that “the value” of the referendum result, which saw not prevail at 61.31%, is “important”, “as (that of) all fighting for the rights democratic. ” “The legitimacy given to our government” should be “immediately invested in a yes to a proper solution,” he added, calling for an agreement including “restructuring of debt, less austerity, a redistribution in for the poorest, and real reforms. ” “I will carry disgust creditors proudly,” again said Yanis Varoufakis, used public outings.

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