Greece's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis
resigns after he gets his way;
Soon after the announcement of the referendum results, I
was made aware of a certain preference by some Eurogroup participants,
and assorted “partners”, for my … “absence” from its meetings; an idea
that the prime minister judged to be potentially helpful to him in
reaching an agreement. For this reason I am leaving the ministry of
finance today.
I consider it my duty to help Alexis Tsipras
exploit, as he sees fit, the capital that the Greek people granted us
through yesterday’s referendum.
And I shall wear the creditors’ loathing with pride.
If he thinks the Greek people can simply vote up some 'capital', he's wearing his ignorance with pride--and the word for that is 'hubris'.
We of the left know how to act collectively with no care for the
privileges of office. I shall support fully Prime Minister Tsipras, the
new minister of finance, and our government.
The superhuman effort
to honour the brave people of Greece, and the famous oxi (no) that they
granted to democrats the world over, is just beginning.
Like that gunshot from
Gavrilo Princip?
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