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Marzo 2017 LA FINANZA RACCONTATA DALLA SUA SCATOLA NERA Mib 0.45% Il piano del movimento DiEM25 per salvare l’Europa da se stessa: uno European New Deal, con una Banca europea di investimenti dalla quale la Bce comprerebbe i bond, uno European Equity Depository, un Dividendo universale di base al posto del reddito universale. L’ex ministro delle Finanze greco a “i diavoli”: «Non diventeremo un ombrello...

On the eve of launching its European New Deal policy framework in Rome, DiEM25 held a press conference where Yanis Varoufakis issued the following statement prior to a Q&A session with gathered journalists. With this statement DiEM25 announced its determination to bring the European New Deal policy framework to a ballot box in every corner of Europe. Ladies and gentlemen, It is excellent to be back in Rome,...

[embedded content] H Ευρώπη διαθέτει μια κεντρική τράπεζα με απεριόριστη δύναμη να κλείνει τις τράπεζες μιας χώρας-μέλους της Ευρωζώνης – την ΕΚΤ. Καμία άλλη κεντρικής τράπεζα δεν έχει τέτοια εξουσία. Για αυτό τον λόγο η ΕΚΤ υποτίθεται ότι θα ήταν μια κεντρική τράπεζα πλήρως ανεξάρτητη από τους πολιτικούς. Όμως, όπως αποδείχτηκε το 2015 με το κλείσιμο των ελληνικών τραπεζών, καμία κεντρική...

Europe has created a central bank with the exorbitant power to close down a member-state’s banks. This central bank, the ECB, was supposed to be independent of politicians. Except that, as the case with closure of the Greek banks in 2015 proves, no central bank has less independence of politicians operating behind closed doors (e.g. the Eurogroup). This combination of EXORBITANT POWER and OPAQUENESS (i.e. LACK...

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[embedded content] By AnnMarie Welser and Brian Maguire | EURACTIV.com Greece’s economy suffered a new blow, contracting by 1.2% at the end of 2016, according to revised figures released earlier this week. The figures, published by the Greek statistics agency, Elstat, show it was the worst quarter since the summer of 2015, when the European Central Bank closed the Greek banks. The dramatic...

By ALEKSANDRA ERIKSSON BRUSSELS, 8th March 2017 Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has joined forces with the German left-wing MEP Fabio De Masi in a bid to clarify whether the European Central Bank (ECB) had a legal right to limit the liquidity of Greece’s banks in 2015. The duo told journalists in Brussels on Wednesday (8 March) that they were collecting signatures for a petition to ECB president...

Greece’s former finance minister, with German MEP, to hold press conference Wednesday, March 8, to announce filing a vital Freedom of Information request to the ECB. (Click Brussels Press Conference DiEM25 Press Release for pdf version) WHEN: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 ( 10:00 – 10:30 CET ) WHERE: Anna Politkovskaya Room, PHS 0A50 – European Parliament (Brussels) RSVP: [email protected] LIVESTREAM:...

[embedded content] This interview preceded the launch of the Dutch chapter of DiEM25 in Paradiso, Amsterdam.

By Brian Pelan on February 28, 2017 Latest news, VIEWdigital news Freelance journalist and commentator Amanda Ferguson talks to  economist and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis ahead of a recent Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DIEM25) event in Belfast.  Q: You have strong links with the island of Ireland. What do you like about the place, the people, and Belfast? A: Well, I come from a place...