Greece's new finance minister has to remind himself: 'No triumphalism'
by Jill Treanor from on (#DKFZ)
Euclid Tsakalotos's notes were caught on camera before EU meeting, including one apparently warning himself not to gloat about referendum result
Euclid Tsakalotos apparently had to make a written note to remind himself not to gloat about Sunday's landslide referendum vote before attending his first EU meeting as finance minister of Greece.
On a piece of headed notepaper from the Hotel - a four-star, a170-a-night lodgings in Brussels - Tsakalotos, or one of his aides, had jotted down: "No triumphalism."
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