Greece: Varoufakis explains resignation “I have not bent” – AGI – Agenzia Journalistic Italy

21:51 July 13, 2015

(AGI) – Athens, July 13 – It was the night of the festivities in the square in Athens, the no had won, but in the restricted meeting of leaders of Syriza, Yanis Varoufakis and his hard line against the ECB were outvoted by 4 votes to 2, and so ‘Minister Finance resigned. A week abandonment of office, the minister of government-star Alexis Tsipras, said in a long interview with the British weekly New Statesman the reasons for his departure from the scene, denying rumors up here in the media. No sacrificial lamb on the altar of Tsipras of European creditors, long impatient to his ways, but uncompromising hardliner, to keep Greece in the euro tearing but ‘best. His strategy, he told Varoufakis, was already ‘been developed and, faced with the decision of Frankfurt to close the Greek banks to force Athens to an agreement, it consisted of three steps: to issue bills in euro (Iou -’ I owe you ‘essentially of’ I pay ”), apply a cut in Greek bonds issued by the ECB in 2012, reducing the greek debt, and regain control of the Bank of Greece. None of these moves would have meant an automatic Grexit, but would be threatened.
One way to put pressure, thus creating ‘a condition from which Varoufakis, who did not believe possible exit from the euro is not covered either Athens treaties, hoped to gain room for negotiation. And in favor of this line in his opinion he had expressed the greek people, that with the 61% to no Syriza had just provided a strong mandate to try a daring move to exit from the corner.
But the inner cabinet meeting the night of the victory of no was of another opinion and, to 4 votes to 2, bud ‘plan Varoufakis. “That night, the government decided that the will of the people, that no that resonated, should not be what ‘that gave force to an energetic approach, but rather, should lead to more concessions to the other party,” claimed the former Minister of Finance. Ie ‘, translated, explained, means to introduce a “meeting of the political leaders, with our prime minister who accepts the assumption that whatever happens, whatever he does the other party, we will not answer ever challenging them. Essentially this means to bend, stop to negotiate “. Not all evil comes to harm, though, ’cause that way you Varoufakis and’ rid of this “agenda frantic, absolutely inhuman”, no more ‘subject to an “incredible pressure to negotiate a position that I find hard to defend myself “. It has not missed an opportunity to take off some pebble in the shoe, the former Minister of Finance greek, beginning with his ‘enemy’, Wolfgang Schauble, the true ruler of the Eurogroup. “It ‘s like a well-rehearsed orchestra, in which he and’ the boss,” said Varoufakis, noting that “only Michel Sapin”, his French, he tried to sing outside the chorus of “German line but this noise was very thin “. And when at last Schauble dictated “the official line, the French minister bent forever.” And this, according Varoufakis, adds to the lack of debate on economic: faced with trying to carry on a topic, only “blank stares, as if I had not spoken.” (AGI).