Brexit
Five talks on Power, Populism & the Future of Europe
, 17/06/2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFIyqertbKQ
Jeremy Corbyn’s night was one for the true believers. Onwards now!
, 09/06/2017
In September 2015, soon after Jeremy Corbyn’s election, I was asked to offer advice to the freshly elected Labour leader. My response was, following our experiences in Greece of defeating a resurgent, oligarchic media twice during that year: Do not get scared by the character assassination attempts of the systemic media. The systemic media will try […]
The 15 parliamentary candidates DiEM25 endorses for Thursday’s UK General Election
, 06/06/2017
DiEM25 was formed to build a Progressive International across Europe. The UK, especially since Brexit prevailed in last year’s referendum, is a major battleground for European democracy. The way Brexit is handled will be crucial for the future of Britain but also for European peoples far and wide. DiEM25 could not be absent from this election campaign. […]
How to build a democratic Europe in a post-Brexit landscape – interviewed for Jacobin by Doug Henwood
, 22/05/2017
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 […]
Only Theresa May can end this inhumane tug of war over EU citizens – THE HOUSE Magazine op-ed
, 21/05/2017
The HOUSE Magazine is the inhouse publication of the UK’s Houses of Parliament. This piece was commissioned to discuss what the British government should do in relation to EU residents post-Brexit. For the sake of Britain’s economy, and soul, Theresa May must immediately and unilaterally guarantee the rights of EU citizens currently residing in the […]
A state of political disrepair: On Brexit, the EU, and trashing the establishment
, 05/05/2017
Interviewed by openDemocracy
The Brexit traps that will defeat Theresa May – The Guardian
, 03/05/2017
“It’s yours against mine.” That’s how Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany’s finance minister, put it to me during our first encounter in early 2015 – referring to our respective democratic mandates. A little more than two years later, Theresa May is trying to arm herself with a clear democratic mandate ostensibly to bolster her negotiating position with […]
The six Brexit traps that will defeat Theresa May – Guardian op-ed 3 May 2017
, 03/05/2017
“It’s yours against mine.” That’s how Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany’s finance minister, put it to me during our first encounter in early 2015 – referring to our respective democratic mandates. A little more than two years later, Theresa May is trying to arm herself with a clear democratic mandate ostensibly to bolster her negotiating position with European powerbrokers – […]
On Theresa May’s EU negotiating tactics – BBC Radio 4 World at One, 2nd May 2017
, 02/05/2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glQaXrWgV-U&feature=youtu.be
PM Theresa May has miscalculated – Op-ed in THE MIRROR
, 02/04/2017
Theresa May has miscalculated her Brexit strategy, says the former Greek finance minister who handled his country’s EU negotiations. Yanis Varoufakis, writing exclusively for the Mirror, says the PM’s threat of a “ hard Brexit ” will not make Britain’s departure any easier. Mr Varoufakis said: “By making a hard Brexit the default of the negotiating […]
How does the triggering of article 50 look from Europe? Op-ed, The Guardian
, 02/04/2017
How do I feel now that article 50 has been triggered? I feel sad that so many good people in Britain will feel so disappointed when they realise that Brexit has not helped them “take back their country”. I feel alarmed that, driven by Brexit, EU leaders chose its 60th anniversary, last Saturday, to embrace […]
CNN op-ed following Article 50: The EU cannot survive if it sticks to business as usual
, 02/04/2017
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 […]
The Guardian on the paperback edition of ‘And the Weak Suffer What They Must?’
, 07/03/2017
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Yanis Varoufakis talks about Brexit, feminism and why he feels at home in Belfast – Viewdigital
, 28/02/2017
By Brian Pelan on February 28, 2017 Latest news, VIEWdigital news
EU, Brexit, Greece, the Left’s relationship with the State & Ireland: Long interview with Ben Lowry
, 25/02/2017
For the first part of the interview on News Letter’s site click here. For the second part here. Or…
DiEM25 Belfast Launch – 24th February 2017
, 25/02/2017
DiEM25 was launched in Belfast officially on 24th February 2017. The event was preceded by a phone in on BBC Radio Ulster available here.
Bringing down divisions – DiEM25 Belfast event tonight 24 FEB 2017
, 24/02/2017
Tonight’s event will be streamed live from 21.00 Central European Time. Click below:
Brexit – an unorthodox perspective | Guardian Live event
, 20/02/2017
27th January 2017 Srećko Horvat, a Croat philosopher, Elif Shafak, renowned Turkish novelist, and Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance minister, bring to this conversation an intriguing perspective. As intellectuals who know Britain well, they understand first hand the perils of nationalism, disintegration, isolationism and marginalisation. They place post-Brexit Britain in a context informed by a […]
A New Deal to Save Europe
, 14/02/2017
LONDON – “I don’t care about what it will cost. We took our country back!” This is the proud message heard throughout England since the Brexit referendum last June. And it is a demand that is resonating across the continent. Until recently, any proposal to “save” Europe was regarded sympathetically, albeit with skepticism about its […]
Brian Eno’s message for this Saturday’s Conway Hall DiEM25 UK launch meeting. Join us!
, 07/02/2017
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. 2016-2017 by Brian Eno The consensus among most […]
A New Deal to Save Europe – Project Syndicate op-ed
, 23/01/2017
LONDON – “I don’t care about what it will cost. We took our country back!” This is the proud message heard throughout England since the Brexit referendum last June. And it is a demand that is resonating across the continent. Until recently, any proposal to “save” Europe was regarded sympathetically, albeit with skepticism about its […]
Ireland may end up as collateral damage in Brexit talks – in The Journal
, 23/01/2017
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