Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, whose forceful denunciations of creditors alienated many of his euro zone colleagues, resigned on Monday, saying Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras believed it would help smooth the path to a new aid deal. With relations already frosty, Varoufakis infuriated Greece's European partners last week when he accused creditors of using "terrorism" against the Greek people to intimidate them into accepting more austerity. In a statement, Varoufakis said he had been "made aware" that some members of the euro zone did not want him to attend meetings of finance ministers, and his absence was "an idea the prime minister judged to be potentially helpful to him in reaching an agreement".
 |
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT uk.news.yahoo.com |
