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Why a NO vote in the Referendum is a Yes for a proud Greece in a Decent Europe – Talking with Phillip Adams, on LNL ABC Radio National
Late Night Live has been a daily companion of mine since 1989. Phillip Adams, its presenter, is someone I consider a friend (he, in fact, interviewed me in 1991 on the… Greek crisis!). In this (yesterday’s) program he added a touch at the very end of the interview that made me (almost) to break down. Thanks […]
US Senator Bernie Sanders Blasts Greece’s Creditors
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) attacked the International Monetary Fund and European authorities on Wednesday for imposing what he called excessive austerity measures on Greece in negotiations over the country’s debt payments. [Click here for the Huffington Post site, or read on]
Why we recommend a NO in the referendum – in 6 short bullet points
Negotiations have stalled because Greece’s creditors (a) refused to reduce our un-payable public debt and (b) insisted that it should be repaid ‘parametrically’ by the weakest members of our society, their children and their grandchildren The IMF, the United States’ government, many other governments around the globe, and most independent economists believe — along with […]
As it happened – Yanis Varoufakis’ intervention during the 27th June 2015 Eurogroup Meeting
The Eurogroup Meeting of 27th June 2015 will not go down as a proud moment in Europe’s history. Ministers turned down the Greek government’s request that the Greek people should be granted a single week during which to deliver a Yes or No answer to the institutions’ proposals – proposals crucial for Greece’s future in the Eurozone. The very […]
Article at FAZ.NET – 20-06-2015: “The choice is hers”
Yanis Varoufakis: The choice is hers Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis appeals to German Chancellor Merkel: Trust us! 20.06.2015, von YANIS VAROUFAKIS © APYanis Varoufakis In early 2010 I disenchanted several members of the Greek government with whom I had previously enjoyed cordial relations. The reason was that I opposed their determination to seek a large […]
Greece's Proposals to End the Crisis: My intervention at today's Eurogroup
The only antidote to propaganda and malicious ‘leaks’ is transparency. After so much disinformation on my presentation at the Eurogroup of the Greek government’s position, the only response is to post the precise words uttered within. Read them and judge for yourselves whether the Greek government’s proposals constitute a basis for agreement.
Panel session “Greece’s future in the EU” Berlin (08-06-2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex20y_p3Qv8
A Speech of Hope for Greece – a Project Syndicate Op-Ed
ATHENS – On September 6, 1946 US Secretary of State James F. Byrnes traveled to Stuttgart to deliver his historic “Speech of Hope.” Byrnes’ address marked America’s post-war change of heart vis-à-vis Germany and gave a fallen nation a chance to imagine recovery, growth, and a return to normalcy. Seven decades later, it is my […]
In conversation with John Nash Jnr on Ideal Money
A conversation I was privileged to have with John Nash in June 2000 is posted below as a small tribute to a great man. (The conversation was motivated by a talk John Nash Jr gave in Athens in 2000 entitled IDEAL MONEY. The text of the conversation below was published in 2001 as a chapter in […]
The truth about Riga
It was the 24th of April. The Eurogroup meeting taking place that day in Latvia was of great importance to Greece. It was the last Eurogroup meeting prior to the deadline (30th April) that we had collectively decided upon (back in the 20th February Eurogroup meeting) for an agreement on the set of reforms that […]
Die Zeit's Q&A on Dr Wolfgang Schäuble
Die Zeit, the German good quality newspaper, asked me three questions on Dr Schäuble. I obliged them with the answers that follow. (Predictably, some news outlets went out of their way to distort them. Such is life these days…)
A Blueprint for Greece’s Recovery within a Consolidating Europe – Brussels Keynote 7th May 2015
On 7th May 2015 I was invited to deliver a lunchtime keynote speech at the European Business Summit 2015 in Brussels. Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister introduced the talk. Click here for the accompanying powerpoint slides. The text of the talk follows below
EBS Summit: panel on Structural Reform – 05-05-2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYig64m5_1g