Varoufakis announces resignation as finance minister
Yanis Varoufakis announced on his personal blog on Monday morning that he is resigning from his position.
“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,” wrote the economist, who has become a controversial figure during his brief tenure.
“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,” added Varoufakis.
The outgoing minister described the decision of 62.5 percent of Greeks to vote “no” in Sunday’s referendum as “historic” and a “superhuman effort” but he added that it is now necessary for Athens to reach a deal with creditors.
“Like all struggles for democratic rights, so too this historic rejection of the Eurogroup’s 25th June ultimatum comes with a large price tag attached,” he wrote.
“It is, therefore, essential that the great capital bestowed upon our government by the splendid NO vote be invested immediately into a YES to a proper resolution – to an agreement that involves debt restructuring, less austerity, redistribution in favour of the needy, and real reforms.”
Grecia, Varoufakis si dimette: “Lascio per aiutare Tsipras nella trattativa”
06 luglio 2015
Yanis Varoufakis ha parlato in conferenza stampa con le urne ancora aperte, in maglietta (afp)
Il ministro delle Finanze sul suo blog: “Alcuni partner preferiscono una mia ‘assenza’ dai loro vertici. Porterò con orgoglio il disgusto dei creditori nei miei confronti”. Il capo dei negoziatori Tsakalotos in pole per l’interim. Tusk convoca per domani una riunione dei leader dell’Eurozona d
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dopo la vittoria del no al referendum greco sulla proposta di accordo da parte dei creditori, il ministro delle Finanze di Atene annuncia a sorpresa le sue dimissioni. “Me ne vado – scrive sul suo blog – per aiutare Tsipras nella trattativa”. Un negoziato che riparte a fatica dopo il radicalizzarsi della posizione ellenica, anche se il premier Alexis Tsipras ha subito detto di interpretare la vittoria alle urne come un mandato rafforzato a stringere un accordo con i creditori. Ferve il lavoro in tutte le cancellerie, con i vertici delle istituzioni europee in contatto e il fiato sospeso per le decisioni della Bce, che deve scegliere se confermare o meno la liquidità d’emergenza alle banche greche: senza il cordone con l’Eurotower, sono praticamente spacciate. Domani è previsto un vertice Ue, convocato dal presidente del Consiglio, Donald Tusk.
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Greek top negotiator in line to become Greece’s new finance minister
Greece’s chief negotiator in aid talks with international creditors, Euclid Tsakalotos, is the government’s top candidate to become finance minister following the resignation on Monday of Yanis Varoufakis, a senior government official said.
Varoufakis’ successor is due to be named after a meeting of political leaders that got under way at 10 a.m.
[Reuters]
China says believes Greece can stay in eurozone
TAGS: Politics, Finance, Euro, Referendum
China believes Greece will stay within the eurozone and the region can resolve its current problems, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday, after Greeks voted resoundingly to reject the austerity terms of a bailout.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the comments at a daily news briefing.
[Reuters]