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Was he fired? I thought he quit after Tsipras sold out the Greek people?
by denismi 4y ago
Was he fired? I thought he quit after Tsipras sold out the Greek people?
- dopidopHN 4y agoYou are correct, he resigned, following pressure on Tsipras government to get rid of him. Some details are provided in the link in the comment you are responding to.
- arinlen 4y ago> Was he fired? I thought he quit after Tsipras sold out the Greek people? His less-than-transparent scapegoat of "the referendum didn't went my way" doesn't hide the fact that Varoufakis was forced out of SYRIZA's government after pushing disastrous policies designed to derail Greece's recovery. https://www.businessinsider.com/report-yanis-varoufakis-got-kicked-out-for-saying-greece-could-introduce-a-parallel-currency-2015-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/report-yanis-varoufakis-got-... Unsurprisingly, once Varoufakis was forced out and his successors reintroduced a rational approach to Greece's finance ministry, Greece ended up getting back on track. Also, this is the same Varoufakis known for at the time pushing Greece both out of the European Union and into Russia's sphere of influence. https://euobserver.com/world/127475 https://euobserver.com/world/127475
- Sytten 4y agoIf by rational you mean neo-liberal and that this policy crushed the weaken economy of Greece and created a decade of poverty for the people then yes he was forced out to put "rational" policies in place.