Ahrweiler fends off Polakis’ allegations

Hours after Greece's outspoken Alternate Health Minister Pavlos Polakis attacked Paris-based historian Helene Glykatzi-Ahrweiler for criticizing the flaws of the Greek left, Ahrweiler stood her ground over her remarks.

"I have never voted in Greece, I have not received a single drachma from the Greek state. I get by thanks to what I have created in France," Ahrweiler said in exclusive comments to Kathimerini on Tuesday.

"I will only say this: I am being attacked by Golden Dawn on one side and by Polakis on the other. It is therefore certain that I am on the right," she said.

In a Facebook post late on Monday, Polakis accused Ahrweiler of being "subservient" to New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He backed up his claim by saying that the 92-year-old academic had supported the "yes" camp in Greece's bailout referendum in 2015.

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