Adonis Georgiadis once again appeared furious with Yanis Varoufakis and his remarks about drug use, noting that what the former finance minister said “may even be criminally illegal,” while also calling on him to apologize for what he said on Gaia Merkouri’s podcast.

Initially, Mr. Georgiadis apologized for having described Yanis Varoufakis as a “Karagiozis” in a social media post, saying: “Karagiozis is a respected figure in folk tradition.” He explained, however, that Mr. Varoufakis, who “has appeal among young people, is the first to refer to drug use not in order to say how wrong it was and possibly deter someone, but with the usual lightness of ‘Yanis with one n,’ saying that he danced for 16 hours and that ecstasy did him good, and that afterwards he had a headache and prefers weed, but can’t find it.”

“If a child takes ecstasy because they saw this idiot and dies? Even half a pill can cause death, it can cause a stroke, cardiac arrest. There are some limits to politeness. This is not lightheartedness. If it were your own child who took it, would you call it lightheartedness? A child, in adolescence, follows their idols. One of the responsibilities of those who express public discourse is to understand that they influence people,” Mr. Georgiadis continued.

“I don’t know if there has ever been a similar case worldwide of a person publicly praising the use of hard drugs. Mr. Tsipras should think about how he made this man finance minister. There is nothing more unacceptable than what Varoufakis did. It’s not a joke, it’s not humor, it may even be criminally illegal what he did. He must come out and apologize for what he did,” Adonis Georgiadis concluded.