Year: 2015
Statement by Yanis Varoufakis on the FinMin's Plan B Working Group & the parallel payment system
, 27/07/2015
Statement by the Office of Yanis Varoufakis, former Minister of Finance, Member of Parliament, Hellenic Republic During the Greek government’s negotiations with the Eurogroup, Minister Varoufakis oversaw a Working Group with a remit to prepare contingency plans against the creditors’ efforts to undermine the Greek government and in view of forces at work within the […]
Professor James K. Galbraith's statement on the Ministry of Finance Working Group convened by former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis
, 27/07/2015
(scroll down for the Greek language version) I spent five months from early February through early July in close association with the Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, and was part of the Working Group that did contingency planning for potential attempts to asphyxiate the Greek government, including aggressive moves to force the country out of […]
EU refuses to acknowledge mistakes made in Greek bailout – by Richard Koo
, 27/07/2015
Richard Koo sent me recently his latest, Nomura, assessment on Greece and our negotiations with the EU and the IMF. As always, Richard’s views make for fascinating reading. Here is the pdf copy that he has made available to us.
For an alliance of national liberation fronts – by Stefano Fassina MP
, 27/07/2015
Stefano Fassina, MP and former Deputy Finance Minister of Italy, kindly sent me the following opinion piece. While convinced that the “controlled disintegration of the eurozone” that he advocates is pregnant with great dangers, this is a debate that Europeans cannot eschew.
Επιστολή απάντηση στην “Αυγή” – 26/07/2015
, 26/07/2015
Αγαπητοί σύντροφοι της «Αυγής», Επειδή το «ρεπορτάζ» του Γιάννη Αγουρίδη που με αφορά περιέχει επτά συγκεκριμένες ανακρίβειες, και επειδή η αλήθεια είναι όχι μόνο επαναστατική, αλλά απολύτως απαραίτητη σε δύσκολες στιγμές για την ενότητα της Αριστεράς, σκέφτηκα πως αξίζει να επισημάνω τα εξής: 1. Οι «μπελάδες» και η «δημιουργική ασάφεια» της 20ής Φεβρουαρίου […]
Romantiker gegen Pragmatiker – Die Zeit
, 25/07/2015
Yanis Varoufakis erklärt in einem neuen Buch seinem Kind, warum die Griechen nichts für ihre Situation können. VON ADAM SOBOCZYNSKI (Die Zeit site) DIE ZEIT Nº 28/201524. Juli 2015 15:11 Uhr 139 Kommentare Der ehemalige griechische Finanzminister Yanis Varoufakis | © dpa
A new kind of politics? By Paul Tyson, in opendemocracy.net
, 25/07/2015
Varoufakis is an exception to the norm precisely because he really believes in representative democracy. (Click here for the opendemocracy.net site)
Democracy under siege – interviewed for the Truman Factor
, 24/07/2015
Interviewed by Mariano Alonso and Luis Martin of the TRUMAN FACTOR.
Open Letter to Yanis Varoufakis & Dominique Strauss-Khan from Giulio Tremonti & Paolo Savona
, 24/07/2015
Rome, July 24, 2015 To Yanis Varoufakis and Dominique Strauss-Khan
Άρθρο στο “thepressproject.gr” – “Γιατί υπερψήφισα απόψε” – 23/07/2015
, 23/07/2015
Στην απόφαση του Eurogroup της 20ης Φεβρουαρίου είχαμε καταφέρει να μην αναφέρεται το Μνημόνιο (MoU) πουθενά. Στην θέση του, ως προϋποθέσεις για την επιτυχημένη αξιολόγηση, υπήρχε αναφορά σε κατάλογο δικών μας μεταρρυθμίσεων οι οποίες έπρεπε να κατατεθούν τρεις μέρες αργότερα και να γίνουν αμέσως μετά αποδεκτές από τους θεσμούς. Πράγματι, την 23η Φεβρουαρίου, με […]
Europe’s Vindictive Privatization Plan for Greece – Project Syndicate
, 21/07/2015
For the Project Syndicate site click here. Or…
Why I voted NO (translated by ThePressProject International)
, 21/07/2015
Why I voted NO In an article which was published on Saturday in EfSyn, the former Finance Minister, Y.Varoufakis attempts to explain the reasons why he voted ΄no΄ to the “prior actions” deal that the government brought to the parliament.
Dominique Strauss Kahn, addressing "German friends"
, 20/07/2015
“In counting our billions instead of using them to build, in refusing to accept an albeit obvious loss by constantly postponing any commitment on reducing the debt, in preferring to humiliate a people because they are unable to reform, and putting resentments – however justified – before projects for the future, we are turning our […]
Άρθρο στην “ΕΦ.ΣΥΝ” – Γιατί καταψήφισα – 19/07/2015
, 19/07/2015
Στην πολιτική αποφάσισα να εισέλθω για έναν λόγο: για να σταθώ δίπλα στον Αλέξη Τσίπρα στον αγώνα εναντίον της χρεοδουλοπαροικίας. Από τη μεριά του, ο Αλέξης Τσίπρας με τίμησε επιστρατεύοντάς με για έναν λόγο: μια πολύ συγκεκριμένη θεώρηση περί της κρίσης που βασίζεται στην απόρριψη του δόγματος Παπακωνσταντίνου, ότι δηλαδή μεταξύ της άτακτης χρεοκοπίας και […]
Dr Schäuble’s Plan for Europe: Do Europeans approve? – English version of my article in Die Zeit
, 17/07/2015
On 15th July 2015 Die Zeit published this piece. Here is the original English language version.
The Euro-Summit ‘Agreement’ on Greece – annotated by Yanis Varoufakis
, 15/07/2015
The Euro Summit statement (or Terms of Greece’s Surrender – as it will go down in history) follows, annotated by yours truly. The original text is untouched with my notes confined to square brackets (and in red). Read and weep… [For a pdf copy click here.]
Παρέμβαση στη Βουλή των Ελλήνων – 15-07-2015
, 15/07/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-QE8E7m_GEOn the Euro Summit’s Statement on Greece: First thoughts
, 14/07/2015
In the next hours and days, I shall be sitting in Parliament to assess the legislation that is part of the recent Euro Summit agreement on Greece. I am also looking forward to hearing in person from my comrades, Alexis Tsipras and Euclid Tsakalotos, who have been through so much over the past few days. […]
On the Euro-Summit ‘Agreement’ with Greece, my resignation and what it all means for Greece and Europe – in conversation with Phillip Adams
, 14/07/2015
Late Night Live, ABC Radio National, 13th July 2015
Yanis Varoufakis opens up about his five month battle to save Greece – New Statesman, 13 July 2015
, 13/07/2015
In his first interview since resigning, Greece’s former Finance Minister says the Eurogroup is “completely and utterly” controlled by Germany, Greece was “set up” and last week’s referendum was wasted. the full Q&A transcript of our interview with Varoufakis here. Greece has finally reached an agreement with its creditors. The specifics have not yet been published, but […]
Dr Schäuble’s Plan for Europe: Do Europeans approve? – Article to appear in Die Zeit on Thursday 16th July 2015
, 13/07/2015
Pre-publication summary: Five months of intense negotiations between Greece and the Eurogroup never had a chance of success. Condemned to lead to impasse, their purpose was to pave the ground for what Dr Schäuble had decided was ‘optimal’ well before our government was even elected: That Greece should be eased out of the Eurozone in order […]
Behind Germany's refusal to grant Greece debt relief – Op-Ed in The Guardian
, 11/07/2015
Tomorrow’s EU Summit will seal Greece’s fate in the Eurozone. As these lines are being written, Euclid Tsakalotos, my great friend, comrade and successor as Greece’s Finance Ministry is heading for a Eurogroup meeting that will determine whether a last ditch agreement between Greece and our creditors is reached and whether this agreement contains the degree […]
Τελετή παράδοσης – παραλαβής Υπ.Οικ 06-07-2015
, 06/07/2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RR4Z8VRqdoMinister No More!
, 06/07/2015
The referendum of 5th July will stay in history as a unique moment when a small European nation rose up against debt-bondage.