Yanis Varoufakis: “We should have been allowed to go bankrupt“

BILD meets Yanis Varoufakis – the man who was THE symbol of the Greek left-wing government’s resistance against the targets set by the bailout troika for the broke state of Greece.

From late January to early July 2015, Varoufakis – professor of economics, motorcyclist, and prominent baldhead – was minister of finance at the side of radically left-wing head of government, Alexis Tsipras. Europe’s left was eating out of his hand. The rest was scared to watch the show that he pulled off: a loud and complete refusal. In early July 2015, it was over for Varoufakis. His former buddy, Alexis Tsipras, advised him to step down. Read more + video.

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