Brussels, 27/01/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 27 January, Alexis Tsipras, the new prime minister of Greece, named Yanis Varoufakis as his finance minister.
This 53-year-old economist is well known for his tough line on austerity, which he wants to put an end to, and his clear determination to renegotiate the terms of the adjustment programme and of the Greek debt. The general index of the Athens Stock Exchange fell more than 5% following the announcement of the Greek government...