Why did I sign the 20/2/2015 Eurogroup agreement? What is DiEM25’s strategy for democratising Europe?
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Yanis Varoufakis responds to Alexis Cukier and Patrick Surain, who challenged him on his time as Greek finance minister, the feasibility of reforming existing EU structures, and a left-wing exit from the EU. Read ‘the challenge’ Impressive list of elected DiEM25 Coordinators & Advisors has been announced
Leading activists, artists, scholars and political figures take central role in DiEM25
Linguist Noam Chomsky, novelist Elif Shafak, artist/musician Brian Eno, activist Zoe Gardner and fashion designer/environmental activist Vivienne Westwood are amongst those elected by DiEM25’s members to coordinate the movement’s activities. (See full announcement at DiEM25.org). Continue reading
Does it matter to Europe who is elected US President? Interviewed by Monocle
Transparent Budgeting at its best – the City of Barcelona is showing the way
Imagine a city or state budget where citizens could see at a glance where every euro, pound or dollar went or came from, which services were paid for by their taxes or rates, the distribution of the tax burden across different regions etc. You don’t need to imagine it. The City of Barcelona has delivered it. Click here for the OPEN BUDGET and here for STRATEGY & FINANCE. Europe’s rebel cities, adopting DiEM25’s transparency campaign, are leading the way! Continue reading
CERN Discovers New Particle Called The FERIR – Guest post by Steve Keen
When humour becomes essential in understanding the farcical reality we live in, pieces like this are priceless. Continue reading
Radical internationalism: What Europe & the Left need – The New Statesman
Yanis Varoufakis: The left never recovered from the fall of the Soviet Union — yet there is hope
The Independent on my Brexit proposal: Trigger Article 50 and agree a 5yr Norway-like transition period
Yanis Varoufakis has told the UK government to get a move on with triggering Article 50 to begin a “robust debate” on what a post-Brexit Britain could look like.
In an interview with the BBC’s Today programme, the former Greek finance minister, said the discussion prior to the referendum was of “very low quality”, adding that once article 50 is invoked Britain should use the negotiating period to prepare itself as nation. Continue reading
Apple, Brussels, and Ireland’s Bruised Sovereignty – Project Syndicate op-ed
ATHENS – Despite their unequivocal Europeanism, the Irish have been serially mistreated by the European Union.
When Irish voters rejected the Treaty of Lisbon in 2008, the EU forced them to vote again until they delivered the “right” outcome. A year later, when private Irish banks imploded, threatening their (mainly) German private creditors with severe losses, Jean-Claude Trichet, the European Central Bank’s then-president, immediately “informed” the Irish government that the ECB would shut down ATMs across the Emerald Isle unless Ireland’s unsuspecting taxpayers made the German banks whole.
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A broken-up Europe will breed monsters: Varoufakis on CNBC
Europe is disintegrating and this could come at great human cost, Greece’s fiery former finance minister warned on Tuesday. Continue reading
Yanis Varoufakis on George Osborne’s responsibility for Brexit – The Telegraph
Yanis Varoufakis said George Osborne was trapped in a vicious cycle
Discussing Brexit on BBC Radio 4, the Today program
An interview on the Brexit paradox-cum-enigma and the future of the European Union – the interview was recorded in the context of the Institute of Directors conference on post-Brexit Britain, 27th September 2016
Distinguished Visiting Professors join Kings College, Univeristy of London
Reposted from Kings College website
Former Greek Finance Minister & Rolls Royce Chairman join King’s College
Posted on 19/05/2016
Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former Finance Minister and Sir Simon Robertson, former Chairman of Rolls Royce are both joining King’s as distinguished Visiting Professors within the Department of Political Economy. Starting from 1 August they will both give public lectures , departmental seminars and student facing workshops as part of their activity at King’s. Continue reading
Which is the single largest threat to the global economy?
Negotiating Brexit – On Channel 4 News
Interview begins at 1’45”
The Cambridge Union’s 2016 London Debate – Friday 23/9
Varoufakis’ speech last Michaelmas was thought to attract over a thousand students
[The following is re-posted from the Cambridge Union’s The Tab]
With the Autumn Statement of the new Government looming, the Cambridge Union takes over Inner Temple hall to question the dominance of austerity politics in the United Kingdom. Yanis Varoufakis, the ex-Greek Finance Minister, will be speaking in favour of the motion ‘This House has Lost Confidence in Austerity’. Joining him on the Proposition side will be former Secretary of State for Business Vince Cable and Lord Karan Bilimoria. Facing them across the floor on the Opposition bench will be the former Executive Director of Conservatives IN Charlotte Vere and Head of Public Policy at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Ryan Bourne. The confirmation of Varoufakis will cause a slight switch-up for the Union’s President-Elect Kate Dunbar, who will move from the Proposition to the Opposition. Continue reading
A message for left wing comrades – Berlin, 17 September 2016
On the need to face the facts about big business before democracy gets a chance – NYT Athens Democracy Forum Debate
Paul Krugman, Ross LaJeunesse (Google), Yanis Varoufakis (DiEM25) and Yasheng Huang, economist, M.I.T.
My letter to supporters of Another Europe Is Possible
In a letter addressed to supporters of Another Europe Is Possible, Yanis Varoufakis makes the case for the organisation to unite with the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025
Joining forces! In reply to Stefano Fassina
Stefano Fassina points out that in my article ‘Europe’s Left After Brexit’ I did not discuss his preferred option for Eurozone member-states: Stay in the EU but leave the euro. Of course the reason my article did not discuss that position is that it was focusing on Brexit and addressing Lexiteers like Tariq Ali and Stathis Kouvelakis who are arguing, from a left-wing position, for leaving the EU altogether – i.e. Brexit-like moves. But I am more than happy to comment on Stefano’s preferred option (In the EU, Out of the Euro) here. Continue reading
Speech at DiEM25’s pavilion, Fête de l’Humanité 2016
Last year, I came to La Fete with a message from Greece. The Athens Spring had just been crushed by the Troika because Europe’s Establishment was planning to bring the Troika to Paris. Since then, the Troika has come to Paris. Labour Laws have been passed by Presidential decree. Civil liberties have been diminished. And the magnificent people of Paris responded with Nuit Debout.
