Further speculation: I think Varoufakis does not oppose the integration plan. He is just against sacrificing the greeks to achieve that goal. In that context i

Further speculation: I think Varoufakis does not oppose the integration plan. He is just against sacrificing the greeks to achieve that goal. In that context it would be plausible for Schäuble to say that. Schäuble could be trying to convince Varoufakis that it is the only/best way to break the french. Assuming the french already know this it changes nothing if anyone knows he said that. What is weird to me is that Varoufakis seems to be in the know about a lot of things and if Schäuble said that to him it means he respects him. On the other hand he has planns to spear head a revolution against the monetary powers that be. Also i think this plan b is not a surprise at all to anyone, given that Varoufakis was very open about it. People involved knew that a national currency plan b would involve a coup, and in his blog he talked about the cryptocurrency and the whole thing ages ago.