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And the country's former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has blasted the German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble also directing his ire towards the EU Monetary Affairs Commissioner, ECB negotiators and the French Finance minister accusing them of lying to entice Greece into a dodgy bailout deal. Alexis Tsipras is facing a major backlash in the Greek polls two years after he pledged to end "austerity" and fight back against "humiliation and suffering." Now former Syriza finance minister Mr Varoufakis says the country can use its “parallel payment system" strategy developed in 2014 in a bid to rupture current deals so they can renegotiate.

GETTY Yanis Varoufakis has called on PM Alexis Tsipras to default

This two-pronged preparation is the only way to prevent another excruciating retreat by the prime minister in the short term Yanis Varoufakis

Mr Tsipras, 42, is facing pressure from the European Central Bank and senior figures in the European Union (EU) to ensure the country makes good on its on £74bn (€86bn) in loans. But his former right hand man Mr Varoufakis is calling on Mr Tsipras to rip it up and start again. In an opinion piece published in the newspaper Efimerida ton Syntakton he said they should look at default and then to engage in new talks.

GETTY Varoufakis stood down in 2015 because of pressure from Greece's European partners

He said: "This two-pronged preparation is the only way to prevent another excruciating retreat by the prime minister in the short term and [German Finance Minister Wolfgang] Schaeuble’s plan in the long term. “That Moscovici [EU Monetary Affairs Commissioner], Coerer [ECB] and Sapen [French finance minister] might have given such promises was not an excuse. "Since May 2015 we were fully aware that these gentlemen know how to lie and fail to deliver on their promises when they do not lie.”

GETTY Mr Tspiras shared a joke with the EU's Federica Mogherini in Malta last week

Greek financial chiefs say there will be a 2.7 per cent GDP growth for 2017 while the European Commission has put it currently at -0.3 per cent. It comes as anger is mounting over Mr Tsipras performance as far ranging cuts continue to hit the economy hard. Last week the Federation of Greek Enterprises (SEV), Greece's largest employers' association raised the spectre of Grexit once more. It warned in its most recent bulletin of a risk for country's exit from the European Union.

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