Yanis Varoufakis: Thoughts for the Post-2008 World

UpFront 10.02.2017

With the UK on the cusp of leaving the European Union and Greece increasingly facing the same fate, is it over for the beleaguered body? An "epidemic" washing over other European countries may see the end of the EU, warns Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance minister. "The right question is: Is there going to be a eurozone and the European Union in one or two years’ time?" asks Varoufakis, who served as finance minister for five months under the Syriza government. Italy is already on...

To mark its first anniversary DiEM25 has today published a summary of its White Paper entitled ‘European New Deal: An economic agenda for European Recovery’. The full White Paper will be launched on the 25th March 2017 in Rome, in the context of the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. Click here for a pdf.

To mark its first anniversary DiEM25 has today published a summary of its White Paper entitled ‘European New Deal: An economic agenda for European Recovery’. The full White Paper will be launched on the 25th March 2017 in Rome, in the context of the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. Click here for a pdf.

In this Web Extra, former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis tells UpFront host Mehdi Hasan that Brexit could hasten the disintegration of the EU, and that UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is unlikely to be the next prime minister. "The chances that he will become prime minister any time soon in the United Kingdom are slim, and that is mainly because of the deep divisions within the Labour Party," says Varoufakis. On Brexit, Varoufakis says the vote to leave was a "huge mistake"...

by Andrew J. Brown On Saturday morning, January 28, 2017, at Conway Hall in Central London, long an important place for radical religious, philosophical, social and political thinking in the UK, DiEM25 held its UK organisational launch. Like all DiEM25 gatherings, more than half of the meeting was made up of conversations involving those attending. To set the scene and introduce some important initial ideas, the morning began with brief contributions from Brian Eno, Elif Şafak, Agnieszka...

Click here or… FORMER GREEK MINISTER for Finance Yanis Varoufakis has said that fears that Ireland may end up as “collateral damage” in negotiations between London and Brussels are “well-founded”. Speaking to RTÉ’s This Week, the economist said if Britain chooses to leave the capital union, Ireland would not be negotiating with London over the status of the border: ”there will be negotiations between London and Brussels on this”. This comes as Gerry Adams said that Brexit could destroy the...

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This Saturday (28/1, 10am), Conway Hall, London, Brian Eno, myself and others will launch DiEM25 UK. Join us in a three hour event to discuss taking our countries back on the basis of a progressive agenda. Here is a teaser of what Brian wants to talk about. by Brian Eno The consensus among most of my friends seems to be that 2016 was a terrible year, and the beginning of a long decline into something we don’t even want to imagine. 2016 was indeed a pretty rough year, but I wonder if it’s the...

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