World / has not been a good week for the Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varufakis. The controversial economist faced a corrective hard on the Eurogroup meeting in Riga, last Friday, saw reduced their political power on Monday, following the restructuring of the negotiating teams to the Troika decreed by the ‘premier’ Hellene, Alexis Tsipras, . and on Tuesday announced that the government plans to introduce a tax amnesty
The climax has been given in early Tuesday: Varufakis has suffered a violent escrache while dining with his wife, the artist Danae Stratou, a popular restaurant prices . moderates Exarchia district, a stronghold of the Greek left, where he lived between 2000 and 2006
This is the #restaurant Where #Varoufakis was Assaulted – PHOTOS – http://t.co/uu26MKVQ02 pic.twitter.com/z11WvjHAnv
“enikos_en (enikos_en) April 29, 2015
The minister has described the scene in a statement:” When we finished our dinner, a group of State anti activists slipped into the garden (the restaurant). With the desire to threaten, their faces covered, threatening and throwing glass objects to us (that missed us) moved slowly towards us claiming that I didn ‘territory’, “he told Varufakis.
“Their goal, in my view, was not injure us, because they had the opportunity and the numerical advantage to do so. I think they wanted to cause me to leave with humiliating blows s “, added the minister.
It was his wife, Danae, who arrested the activists.” He stood before them to approach us (and before that I could stop), he hugged me, turning his back to them so they had to give her before catch me, “said Varufakis.
The movement of the artist caused two of those present tried to hit her husband without success for a few seconds. Got the hooded withdraw shortly afterwards, continuing his threats, to the door of the restaurant.
Several guests left the room without any problems . Varufakis and Danae were not so lucky as they walked to the bike minister, parked right outside Those remaining continued to claim that largasen there. “We got on the motorcycle, but also open a dialogue with them, saying, I wanted to listen even if it meant they had to hit me, “said the economist.
‘The mood is calmed’ They got off the bike and started to talk to a group of five or six people. After 15 minutes of non-violent discussion, relates, “tempers calmed” and they could go on the bike without receiving more threats
The statement ends with a reflection on the anti Varufakis. “No matter how much fear or antipathy we feel, but the exercise of violence, the answer to the fury of these people and their violent outbursts can not and should not be either careless withdrawal or violent oppression, “he claimed.
Exarchia is popularly known as “the neighborhood of the anarchists’ in Greece. It is a place where there is usually riots and clashes with the police and one of the most alternative areas of the Greek capital. The headquarters of Syriza was, until recently, on the same street as the restaurant where there has been a Varufakis escrache.
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