“Officials of an important Italian institution approached me and told me that they are in solidarity with our country, but they cannot tell the truth as Italy is threatened by bankruptcy and they fear from the German consequences. In recent years, a cloud of fear has covered throughout Europe. We risk to become worse the the former Soviet Union.

Varoufakis said further:

“I want to tell you that we, Greeks, do not have the monopoly on truth. What we can do for the rest of Europe and especially for Italy, is to open a small door to the truth. We can not find the truth on our own, but we can open a door and move so you can support us. In this way, we all can move from the darkness of today’s austerity to the light of European rational, logical discussion. “