Greece's ex-finance minister Varoufakis 'made plan to bring back drachma'

Greece's former finance minister has admitted he had begun planning to leave the euro and reintroduce the drachma.

Greece's ex-finance minister Varoufakis 'made plan to bring back drachma'

Greece's former finance minister has admitted he had begun planning to leave the euro and reintroduce the drachma.

Yanis Varoufakis said he had planned a series of government IOUs which would be officially worth €1 each, but which would be converted to Greek currency later.

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