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Yanis
Varoufakis did what he had to do, refuse to continue the catastrophic
neoliberal policies of the Troika lenders in Greece, when he met
plutocrats' representative Jeroen Dijsselbloem.
From
Guardian:
The
meeting between Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and
eurogroup finance chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem ended in a tense press
conference, rejected any extension to the country’s bailout and
refused to co-operate with the troika of lenders (the ECB, EU and
IMF).
Dijsselbloem
criticised “unilateral” moves and said a decision on Greece’s
28 February deadline with its lenders would be reached before
then.
[...]
Back
to the press conference between eurogroup finance head Jeroen
Dijsselbloem and Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, and
Helena Smith says it was a tense affair:
Send
off for Joren Dijsselbloem ended with incredible stand-off as
Varoufakis socked him one over the troika. The Dutchman looked
enraged, bending forward to whisper something in Varoufakis’ ear
to which the Greek finance minister did not respond. Greek finance
ministry staff standing behind me said “Oh my God.”
One
said “I wonder if this is the time to pack my bags.”
Throughout
the press conference you could almost feel the electric tension in
the air.
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The video
shows that after the whisper of the Dutchman in his ear, Varoufakis
whispered something like "wow". It is not verified, but
according to some mainstream media in Greece, Daiselbloom told him
"You just killed Troika" (!). Well, we certainly hope so.
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