Why did Alexis Tsipras reduce Yanis Varoufakis's role in the bailout negotiations?

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras downgraded Yanis Varoufakis’s role in the bailout negotiations because foreign officials perceived the finance minister’s approach as overly combative.1

At the time, Tsipras and Varoufakis were attempting to renegotiate the terms of Greece's financial rescue, but their efforts faced significant resistance from other European leaders. By limiting Varoufakis's involvement, Tsipras sought to address these international concerns as negotiations with the troika—the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund—gained urgency. Varoufakis eventually resigned in July 2015 following a national referendum, a move intended to serve as a conciliatory gesture to help jump-start new talks with Greece's creditors.1