Tsipras Says 'Fiscal Waterboarding' Holding Greece Back

Tsipras said the notion that Greece's economy has stabilized is an "arbitrary distortion of the facts." He said that while the economy grew 0.7 percent in the third quarter, the recession isn't over because inflation was a negative 1.8 percent. "We're facing a shameful embellishment of the statistics to justify the effectiveness of troika policies," said Tsipras... "German taxpayers have nothing to fear from a Syriza government," Tsipras said. "Our goal is not to seek confrontation with our partners, more credits or a blank check for new deficits."''