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Yanis Varoufakis hasn't used an ATM since the €60-a-day limit came in

Oscar Williams-GrutJul 2, 2015, 17:38 IST

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and his wife Danae Stratou attend a banking conference in Athens April 21, 2015.REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Greece's far-left ruling Syriza are the party of the people - but are they standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Greek citizens during these tough financial times? Not quite.

Greece's finance minister Yanis Varoufakis told Bloomberg TV in an interview that he and his wife haven't used any Greek ATMs since capital controls were introduced over the weekend limiting people to daily withdrawals of €60 euros.

He said: "I haven't done it. My wife and I must be the only Greeks who haven't done it. I feel it would be inappropriate for me to queue up at the ATM."

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