After months of speculation about who was the man chosen by Syriza to lead the economy of Greece is finally official:. Yanis Varoufakis is the new Minister of Finance
It was the first name of the new government to be announced officially This Tuesday, but had long been expected, just as long that Varoufakis want an opportunity to implement their ideas to solve the Greek crisis.
Greek-Australian, 53, openly Marxist, a PhD in economics from the University of Essex, UK, and was, until 2014, full professor at the University of Athens and invited the University of Texas, USA. Left teaching to join the radical left party, Syriza, who on Sunday won the elections in Greece, although it has been adviser to former Prime Minister George Papandreou (2004 to 2006) (government would criticize us ff) years. Varoufakis is also the author of several books, which highlights “The Global Minotaur ‘, which outlined a vision of what caused the European and North American economic crisis.
During the election campaign, Varoufakis said, the ‘Open Democracy’, that the decision to change the theory in politics was not so much a choice as a duty to try to implement the visions that seem certain to take the country to success. However, ensures that even with its belief, there are no guarantees of success.
“There are no guarantees of success. The reason why I accepted the challenge was that it had no right to the refuse. When the leader of the political party, which is about to win the election, offers you the opportunity to implement measures that have advocated for years, is pure cowardice escape to work. If I have success? I will only know when you try. “
Varoufakis, openly argues that the economic problems of Greece are the” largest loan ever “done to a country, referring to the help of the troika, which caused social devastation in Greece, due to the austerity measures which were adjacent. The new minister wants to renegotiate debt terms with European creditors, combat Greek oligarchy and mainly address the humanitarian crisis in the country today.
For Varoufakis until “an eight or nine years’ understands the difficulties that Greece was after getting bankrupt in 2010. And it is the fault of austerity.
“Europe, in its infinite wisdom, decided to deal with this collapse by placing the largest loan of history as weak shoulders, Greek taxpayers. What we have seen since then is drowning in taxes that made this nation a debt settlement, “he told BBC.
However, despite this view, Varoufakis does not advocate a break with European commitments, nor a euro exit. In this, both Greek and international entities, can rest easy. The new minister believes that his country should not have gone for the euro area, but once there, leave would have far worse consequences.
“If you depend on me, Greece will not leave the euro or will threaten that does. We should not have joined the euro – that is clear – but once there, it would be disastrous exit the Eurozone voluntarily. This does not mean we have to bow our heads and do everything they tell us afraid of being “run”. No. We must veto anti-social measures within the euro, require the restructuring of debt and never give them the opportunity to say that we left the euro voluntarily. If we want out, they have to force us to leave, without our help. However, will also be strongly affected by it, “said the ‘Open Democracy’
To Varoufakis, the eurozone is” an advanced state of decomposition “and needs urgent measures to further to exist.
“The Eurozone is in an advanced state of decomposition, and if we do not act quickly, it may be too late.”
In 2011, Varoufakis said something very similar to TVI journalist, Pedro Moreira. One year after the start of the rescue of Greece, the teacher has already stated that austerity would not lead the country to success and that it was necessary to find an alternative.
“To accumulate new loans, new debt, a State already insolvent, with the condition of even greater austerity, simply increases the debt ratio on wealth. Actually has the opposite effect to that intended. (…) We Greeks are a problem for the euro, we have to accept that, but the Germans have to accept that they are also a problem for the euro ‘.
This line thought, it is not surprising that, after the victory of SYRIZA, Varoufakis have written on your blog, to paraphrase the poet Dylan Thomas:
“The Greek democracy chose stop advancing quietly into the darkness. The Greek Democracy chose to rebel against the dying of the light “.
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