Janis Varoufakis, the former finance minister of Greece and leader of the left-wing MERA25 party, was beaten in a restaurant in Athens’ Exarchia district on the evening of March 10. The party announced that DEA News.
According to the party, Varoufakis “was the victim of a daring fascist attack by rogue provocateurs” when he met with Diem25 party members from all over Europe at the Yantes restaurant. A small group of “violent thugs” came there and shouted, “Get out, you bastard who signed the memorandum (with the creditors)”.
According to MERA25’s report, the former minister stood up to call out to them, but they attacked and beat him heavily.
The party said that this incident made those who deliberately spread false and slanderous rumors think.
Government spokesman Yiannis Ikonomou condemned the attack on the party secretary, adding that the police will do everything to bring the perpetrators of the attack to justice.
Varoufakis was hospitalized, where doctors diagnosed him with a broken nose, according to the Greek agency AMNA.
Varoufakis opposed signing a memorandum with creditors during the financial crisis, when Greece received loans to save the economy, but this resulted in lower living standards in the country.
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