16.03.2017 - 15:16 [ Independent Balkan News Agency ]

“Yes, I wanted Varoufakis removed”, Dijsselbloem admits

The head of Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem admitted that in the early spring of 2015 he had asked the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to remove the then Finance Minister of Greece Mr. Yanis Varoufakis from the negotiating team, but Mr. Tsipras had told him “this is up to the Greek government to decide an evaluate, not up to Eurogroup”.