Greek PM Tsipras under pressure over covert Syriza drachma plan reports

Some members of Greece's leftist government wanted to raid central bank reserves and hack taxpayer accounts to prepare a return to the drachma, according to reports on Sunday that highlighted the chaos in the ruling Syriza party.

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donsutherland1 said:

From Reuters:



Greek PM Tsipras under pressure over covert Syriza drachma plan reports | Reuters

This report increases the likelihood that at least some share of Syriza had desired to abandon the Euro, albeit without informing the Greek people of their designs.

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donsutherland1 said:

From Reuters:

Greek PM Tsipras under pressure over covert Syriza drachma plan reports | Reuters

This report increases the likelihood that at least some share of Syriza had desired to abandon the Euro, albeit without informing the Greek people of their designs.

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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said he was authorized by the country’s prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, to come up with an emergency plan for a parallel payment system, which could lead the country to the drachma, according to a recording of a call with investors released today...

“We were planning to create, surreptitiously, reserve accounts attached to every tax file number, without telling anyone, just to have this system in a function under wraps,” Varoufakis said in the recording.

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