The day after the confrontation between New Democracy and Euclid Tzakalotu in connection with the proposal of the former Minister of Finance to switch to local currencies – a proposal that was not accepted in the SYRIZA program – Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in an interview given to SKAI radio, commented on the period of the first government of SYRIZA, estimating that without the memorandums, SYRIZA “would be much more dangerous.” Yes, The prime minister noted that “Mr. Tsakalotos does not hide the fact that he is a Marxist,” to which the former finance minister quickly responded via his personal Facebook account.

“They do without memos and do the same thing again? Mr. Tsakalotos had a framework in the memorandum, he could not do what he believed in. Outside of memos, they would be much more dangerous. Mr. Tsakalotos did not hide this. He is a Marxist economist.” This is what the Prime Minister answered, among other things, to a question he received regarding the MeRA 25 Dimitra project and Mr. Tsakalotos’ proposal for local currencies. Mr. Mitsotakis also stressed that “in 2015 we were close to an absolute disaster because Mr. Tsipras and SYRIZA chose a failed negotiation and an obsessive man to be finance minister.” “He held a meaningless referendum and at the last moment was forced to make a spectacular“ kick in the ass ”, which cost us the third memorandum,” the prime minister added.

OUR Euclidis Tsakalotos did not disregard the appeal of the Prime Minister to him replying – in a humorous way – on Facebook: “I’m not only a Marxist, but I live in a hut with a black cat, dozens of herbs and a broom (Nimbus 2000) that plows Athens at night. I think he already knows about it through the Predator.”