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| Brexit will lead to EU ‘disintegration’ says Yanis Varoufakis Sign up for now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. The Greek economist brilliantly hit out at the European Commission, accusing it of acting like it was "on the payroll of Brexiteers with a remit to justify Brexit". Mr Varoufakis added that it has been a "comedy of errors" in the bloc, branding the EU's behaviour "astonishing". The former Greek finance minister insisted the UK would have been "hamstrung" over vaccines if it had not been for Brexit, which saw Britain cut ties with Brussels at the end of the year. Mr Varoufakis told Week: "The EU Commission has been behaving as if they were on the payroll of Brexiteers with a remit to justify Brexit, it is astonishing, it's a comedy of errors in Brussels. "It's as if it was designed by Eurosceptics in order to sanctify Brexit, it's very difficult to argue against Brexit now if you look at the vaccination fiasco. "You have eight times more people vaccinated in Britain as we speak than in Germany, don't talk about Greece. "It's clear that Britain would have been hamstrung in that department had it not left the EU. "Had it stayed in the EU you would have had to abide by the rules we Greeks have to abide by, the approval of the vaccines would have taken months longer than it did in the UK, you would have one-tenth of the vaccinations that you have so it is to Brexiteers' delight what has been happening in the EU." The ex-finance minister compared the EU's vaccine farce to the Eurozone crisis, accusing the bloc of "trying to cover bad decisions by making worse decisions". And he admitted there is "a little bit of egg on my face" after he argued against Britain leaving the EU - a decision Mr Varoufakis now says he regrets. He said: "Everything I now hear from Brussels is now so reminiscent of what was going on during the Euro crisis, the blame game, the Commission trying to cover bad decisions by making worse decisions, disarray, nationalism, fragmentation, I fought against Brexit, but I have to say there is a little bit of egg on my face as we speak because I can't, in all honesty, say to you that I don't regret supporting Remain five years ago, it would be dishonest of me to say that." The EU has faced intense criticism over its slow rollout of coronavirus vaccines. Meanwhile, the UK is pushing ahead with its programme which has seen more than 15 million people receive their first jab. Brussels plunged itself into an extraordinary row with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca over supply shortages last month. The EU sparked a huge political fallout when it moved to override part of the Brexit deal on Northern Ireland to preven |