00:00Greece's former prime minister Alexis Tsipras blasted his ex-finance minister Janus Varoufakis
00:08in his recently released memoir. Tsipras argued that Varoufakis was quote more a celebrity than
00:14an economist. He also said he underestimated the human factor when appointing him as finance
00:21minister during Greece's debt crisis in 2015. A decade ago Tsipras rose to power on an anti-austerity
00:29agenda. However, the former prime minister appeared on track to lead Greece out of the eurozone.
00:35Despite a referendum in which Greeks rejected the bloc's proposed bailout terms,
00:40Tsipras ignored the results and accepted a new package with harsher austerity measures.
00:46Varoufakis resigned over the ex-prime minister's decision to reverse course.
00:51On Tuesday, Varoufakis commented on the release of the memoir,
00:55saying he had not read the book and would instead wait for the movie to be released.
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