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#EUelections2019: Hope for Europe – a pivotal speech by Yanis Varoufakis, May 16, 2019 | DiEM25

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ENGLISH [CC] subtitles available now, other languages coming soon. This speech has implications for all Europeans. It speaks truth to power and gives us a vision of what politics should be like. While this speech gives us a look inside the sometimes sinister world of politics, banking and finance in general, it also offers hope ...

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ENGLISH [CC] subtitles available now, other languages coming soon.



This speech has implications for all Europeans. It speaks truth to power and gives


us a vision of what politics should be like.



While this speech gives us a look inside the sometimes sinister world of politics,


banking and finance in general, it also offers hope to all Europeans, with practical


solutions to Europe’s major problems, solutions which can be implemented


tomorrow morning, without requiring dismantlement and re-building of EU


institutions.



Whether you live in France, Spain, Germany or anywhere in the world for that


matter, this speech has implications for you, especially if you live in Europe.



Author, activist, economist, DiEM25 co-founder and Demokratie in Europa lead candidate for the European Parliament elections in Germany, Yanis Varoufakis’ pivotal European pre-election speech in Ioannina, Greece.



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Subtitles by: Vasili Pasioudis



With the help of: Lydia Maniatis, Yiannis Gkoumas, Elena Papanikolaou, George


Amolochitis, Andreas Brakoulias, Vasili Pasioudis, Marilia Kouri, Vicky Denaxa,


Vana Athanasiadou



Yanis Varoufakis
An accidental economist Let me begin with a confession: I am a Professor of Economics who has never really trained as an economist. But let’s take things one at a time.

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