lundi 16 mars 2015
Greece's 'rockstar' finance minister walked away from an interview when asked if he's becoming a liability
Posted on 14:07 by nice news
Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's rockstar finance minister, is in hot water.
The anti-austerity economics professor who is now running Greece's finance ministry said this weekend that he regretted the photo shoot he did for Paris Match. Pictures of the finance minister's eating and drinking wine with his wife on their roof terrace provoked mockery on social media.
But Varoufakis also had two cringe-worthy interviews over the weekend.
Things started to go badly when CNBC asked him whether he had become a liability to the Greek government. You can watch the whole video, and there's a transcript below.
CNBC: You've taken some heat in the Greek press in the last 24 hours for saying you'll do whatever it takes as far as a deal in Europe is concerned, and the suggestion is you'd renege on promises ...
Varoufakis: We never said we'd renege on any promises ... We've already started legislating on the humanitarian crisis ... The press has a field day these days concocting stories that have the purpose of creating noise — what we need now is peace and quiet in order to get down to work to put Greece back on the path to recovery.
CNBC: But you're at fault for that, is Paris Match a PR disaster in hindsight?
Varoufakis: You will allow me not to comment on particular stories in the press.
CNBC: But you put it in the press.
Varoufakis: (pause) You will allow me not t
The anti-austerity economics professor who is now running Greece's finance ministry said this weekend that he regretted the photo shoot he did for Paris Match. Pictures of the finance minister's eating and drinking wine with his wife on their roof terrace provoked mockery on social media.
But Varoufakis also had two cringe-worthy interviews over the weekend.
Things started to go badly when CNBC asked him whether he had become a liability to the Greek government. You can watch the whole video, and there's a transcript below.
CNBC: You've taken some heat in the Greek press in the last 24 hours for saying you'll do whatever it takes as far as a deal in Europe is concerned, and the suggestion is you'd renege on promises ...
Varoufakis: We never said we'd renege on any promises ... We've already started legislating on the humanitarian crisis ... The press has a field day these days concocting stories that have the purpose of creating noise — what we need now is peace and quiet in order to get down to work to put Greece back on the path to recovery.
CNBC: But you're at fault for that, is Paris Match a PR disaster in hindsight?
Varoufakis: You will allow me not to comment on particular stories in the press.
CNBC: But you put it in the press.
Varoufakis: (pause) You will allow me not t
Greece's 'rockstar' finance minister walked away from an interview when asked if he's becoming a liability
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