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Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Greece's new finance minister has to remind himself: 'No triumphalism'

Euclid Tsakalotos’s notes were caught on camera before EU meeting, including one apparently warning himself not to gloat about referendum resultEuclid Tsakalotos apparently had to make a written note to remind himself not to gloat about Sunday’s landslide referendum vote before attending his first EU meeting as finance minister of Greece. On a piece of headed notepaper from the Hotel – a four star, €170-a-night lodgings in Brussels – Tsakalotos, or one of his aides, had jotted down: “No triumphalism.” Related: Greece is the latest battleground in the financial elite’s war on democracy | George Monbiot Continue reading...


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