Wednesday, February 04, 2015

"I'm the finance minister of a bankrupt country"


The Germans need not trust the Greeks, but should listen to them, says Yanis Varoufakis. In an interview with ZEIT and ZEIT ONLINE he promises a big reform programme.

ZEIT ONLINE: Mr. Varoufakis, in just a few days, you’ve antagonized half of Europe. Was that your plan?

Yanis Varoufakis: I think that’s normal. It will take some time before it’s been understood everywhere that a very fundamental change has taken place in the EU .... http://www.zeit.de