Greece’s ‘Erdoganization’ now complete, says Varoufakis

The "Erdoganization and Orbanization of Greece is now complete," former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis said, in his first reaction to the election results that saw his MeRA25 party limp in 8th place and lose its presence in parliament.

Referring to Prime Minister and New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Varoufakis said, "Mitsotakis Ltd served a crushing defeat," which he attributed mostly to "the SYRIZA leadership," which rejected an offer proposed two years ago to collaborate on a campaign.

That decision had resulted "in this unbelievable tsunami of conservatism," the MeRA25 leader said.

Varoufakis said that his party would examine the result critically and unsparingly as it wanted to honor the voters who believed in MeRA25 and came out to vote.

"Whether you agree or disagree, you must concede that the party's cohesive ruling program is a really...