Former Greek finance
minister Yanis Varoufakis hit back on Tuesday after Italian
Premier Matteo Renzi celebrated the anti-austerity hardliner's
exit from the political arena.
On Monday, Renzi said that "we've got rid of that
Varoufakis".
"Dear Mr Renzi, I have a message for you," Varoufakis
wrote on his blog on Tuesday.
"You can rejoice as much as you like about the fact that
I am no longer finance minister, not even in parliament.
"But you did not 'get rid' of me. I am alive and kicking
politically, as people in Italy remind me when I walk the
streets of your beautiful country.
"No, what you got rid of, by participating in that
dastardly coup against (Greek Prime Minister) Alexis Tsipras and
Greek democracy last July, was your own integrity as a European
democrat.
"Possibly your soul too. Thankfully this is not
irreversible. But you need to make serious amends.
"I cannot wait to see you return to the ranks of Europe's
democrats".
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