The former Greek finance minister accuses Scholz of being a "political dwarf" without vision

In an interview, Yanis Varoufakis painted a bleak picture of Germany and the European Union. The former Greek finance minister did not take kindly to Chancellor Olaf Scholz. It was also about the controversial plans in the port of Hamburg.

The former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is also concerned with the Chancellor's controversial plans to sell shares in the Port of Hamburg to the Chinese shipping company Cosco.

He believes the situation is not black or white. One problem: "The German business model is based, at least to a third, on the sale of products to China," Varoufakis said in an interview with "ntv". He complains that "Berlin is obviously turning a blind eye - just like with Russian gas" and "just carrying on as before".

In this context, the former finance minister of Greece speaks of a "new cold war between the USA and China, which will be catastrophic for the world". Then he also talks about the current problem between China and Germany.
"I think Olaf Scholz is a political dwarf"

"As for Scholz and the port: If Scholz were to play the part of a mediator between Washington, Beijing and Berlin and the sale to Cosco was part of this peace process, then I would welcome that," Varoufakis told ntv. But: "I think that Olaf Scholz is a political dwarf who doesn't have the capacity to think like that at all."