Greece says it will no longer cooperate with its bailout lenders – the so-called troika of the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the European Central Bank. <br /><br /> The Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis confirmed that during a tense news conference alongside the eurozone’s finance chief, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem: <br /><br /> Varoufakis accused the troika of trying “to implement an anti-European programme”. He added: “We see no purpose in cooperating with this tripartite committee that the European Parliament has criticised as being built on a rotten structure.” <br /><br /> Dijsselbloem in turn warned the new Greek government against reversing austerity measures saying they must respect the terms of the existing agreement.<br /><br /> “Taking unilateral steps and ignoring previous arrangements is not the way forward,” Dijsselblloem said. “The problems of the Greek economy have not disappeared or changed overnight with the elections.” <br /><br /> The meeting ended with an awkward hands
