Alexis Tsipras invited to Berlin as Yanis Varoufakis denies giving Germany the finger
by Ben Knight in Berlin, and Phillip Inman from Economics | The Guardian on (#51CH)
Greco-German relations reach new low, as Greek finance minister faces criticism over giving-the-finger video clip from 2013
The Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has been invited to Berlin during a new low in Greco-German relations, after the Greek finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, was forced to deny "giving the finger" to Germany in a two-year-old YouTube video.
The German leader, Angela Merkel, invited Tsipras for his first visit to Berlin since he came to power in January on an anti-austerity platform that has led to clashes with Greece's creditors, including Germany.
@myrovolos No editing on my video. And if you watch it, he references the finger also for Argentina. @MarcusSchwarze pic.twitter.com/E77Nb7C4Qi
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