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Read More »LIBERATION: Bruno Le Maire dans les pas de Yánis Varoufákis?
Le ministre de l’Economie va proposer une indexation du remboursement de la dette grecque en fonction de la croissance du pays. Neuf thérapies en forme d’austérité budgétaire, trois plans d’aides, un changement de gouvernement et, au bout du compte, un énorme fiasco. Malgré l’obstination de la «troïka» (BCE, FMI et Commission européenne), qui n’a cessé d’imposer (le pistolet sur la tempe) à Athènes des...
Read More »What lies behind the euro crisis, Brexit & Trump: Keynote at the FundForum International, Berlin & a discussion with Megan Greene
[embedded content] Keynote at the FundForum International conference in Berlin, 12th June 2017. Followed by a discussion with Megan Greene.
Read More »How to build a democratic Europe in a post-Brexit landscape – interviewed for Jacobin by Doug Henwood
Yanis Varoufakis negotiated with the EU elite over the Greek bailout, witnessed firsthand the callous mathematics used to keep the union together. Today — after OXI, after Brexit, and after Trump — he and his comrades in DiEM25 are calling for a New Deal for Europe: a plan that can stabilize the European Union and return democracy to the people. He sat down with Doug Henwood on Behind the News to discuss this...
Read More »Why we support Macron in the second round – op-ed in Le Monde (English original) and DiEM25 France in Mediapart
In today’s Le Monde I call upon French progressives to vote for Macron in the second round of France’s Presidential election. The article explains my recommendation to French voters and finishes off with the following promise to Emmanuel: “I shall mobilise fully to help you beat Le Pen with the same strength that I shall be joining the next Nuit Debout to oppose your government when, and if, you, as President,...
Read More »CNN op-ed following Article 50: The EU cannot survive if it sticks to business as usual
March for a Different Europe in Rome, March 25, 2017. From DiEm25 facebook page. Allowing EU member states to move in different directions and at different speeds is precisely the wrong way to address the differing concerns of Europeans living in different countries – and it seems an odd way to unite them behind a single way forward for the continent. As British Prime Minister Theresa May triggers Article 50,...
Read More »VAROUFAKIS IL DISOBBEDIENTE
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...
Read More »Congressman Huizenga Introduces Bill to Oppose IMF’s Third Greek Bailout
Anyone who doubted that the IMF is in deep trouble over its inane involvement in the toxic Greek bailout, and Berlin’s policy of extending Greece’s insolvency ad infinitum while the country’s social economy shrinks, should now have no more doubts. Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI), a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, yesterday introduced the IMF Reform and Integrity Act, which would require...
Read More »Discussing Europe with Doug Henwood on Behind the News
https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Doug-Henwood-Radio-Interview-17-MARCH-2017.mp3
Read More »Varoufakis and De Masi Press Conference at European Parliament – Wednesday 8th March 10.00
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:...
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