Interviews
To prevent Brexit from turning nasty, progressive internationalists must come close to winning 10 Downing Street
, 11/10/2016
Addressing a DiEM25-Another Europe event held at the LSE on Saturday 8th October 2016 For the complete transcript of the speech…
Does it matter to Europe who is elected US President? Interviewed by Monocle
, 03/10/2016
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Radical internationalism: What Europe & the Left need – The New Statesman
, 29/09/2016
Yanis Varoufakis: The left never recovered from the fall of the Soviet Union — yet there is hope
The Independent on my Brexit proposal: Trigger Article 50 and agree a 5yr Norway-like transition period
, 29/09/2016
Yanis Varoufakis has told the UK government to get a move on with triggering Article 50 to begin a “robust debate” on what a post-Brexit Britain could look like. In an interview with the BBC’s Today programme, the former Greek finance minister, said the discussion prior to the referendum was of “very low quality”, adding […]
Apple, Brussels, and Ireland’s Bruised Sovereignty – Project Syndicate op-ed
, 29/09/2016
ATHENS – Despite their unequivocal Europeanism, the Irish have been serially mistreated by the European Union. When Irish voters rejected the Treaty of Lisbon in 2008, the EU forced them to vote again until they delivered the “right” outcome. A year later, when private Irish banks imploded, threatening their (mainly) German private creditors with […]
A broken-up Europe will breed monsters: Varoufakis on CNBC
, 29/09/2016
Europe is disintegrating and this could come at great human cost, Greece’s fiery former finance minister warned on Tuesday.
Yanis Varoufakis on George Osborne’s responsibility for Brexit – The Telegraph
, 29/09/2016
Yanis Varoufakis said George Osborne was trapped in a vicious cycle by Cristina Criddle 28 SEPTEMBER 2016 • 11:23AM
Discussing Brexit on BBC Radio 4, the Today program
, 29/09/2016
An interview on the Brexit paradox-cum-enigma and the future of the European Union – the interview was recorded in the context of the Institute of Directors conference on post-Brexit Britain, 27th September 2016
A message for left wing comrades – Berlin, 17 September 2016
, 21/09/2016
The above is an extract from a joint pre-election speech, for the Berlin state election, by Varoufakis and Kipping and Lederer at Astra Kulturhaus Berlin, Revaler Str. 99
On the need to face the facts about big business before democracy gets a chance – NYT Athens Democracy Forum Debate
, 16/09/2016
Paul Krugman, Ross LaJeunesse (Google), Yanis Varoufakis (DiEM25) and Yasheng Huang, economist, M.I.T.
Speech at DiEM25’s pavilion, Fête de l’Humanité 2016
, 13/09/2016
“It is time for Europe’s humanists to reclaim Europe” Last year, I came to La Fete with a message from Greece. The Athens Spring had just been crushed by the Troika because Europe’s Establishment was planning to bring the Troika to Paris. Since then, the Troika has come to Paris. Labour Laws have been passed […]
Democratising Europe – a transnational project? A debate with openDemocracy
, 13/09/2016
YANIS VAROUFAKIS, ROSEMARY BECHLER, ALEX SAKALIS, and ANTHONY BARNETT 13 September 2016 (Click here for the openDemocracy site) What role does national self-determination and ‘self-government’ play in European and human emancipation today? Yanis Varoufakis replies for DiEM25. Yanis Varoufakis has recently been engaged in debating this key question for our times with the left. (See more.) […]
Interview with the Berlin Policy Journal in 140 characters
, 08/09/2016
You left office about a year ago – any regrets? None whatsoever. Once it was no longer possible to do good for Greece as minister, there was no reason to stay in office.
Europe’s Left after Brexit
, 08/09/2016
In reply to Tariq Ali, Stathis Kouvelakis, Vicente Navarro and Stefano Fassina on DiEM25’s plan for resisting within the European Union Preface: This article (published in edited form in Jacobin, Neues Deutschland, Il Manifesto, Mediapart and elsewhere) addresses left-wing critics of DiEM25 claiming that DiEM25 is pursuing the wrong objective (to democratise the EU) […]
Poetry in prose? Letter in the FT
, 04/09/2016
AUGUST 20, 2016 - From Vijay Kumar. Sir, One often hears that people on the left of the political spectrum tend to be more intelligent, more articulate, better read and generally more fun to be with. Sir, One often hears that people on the left of the political spectrum tend to be more intelligent, more [...]KURIER: Österreichs Sozialdemokratie hat ihr Ende erreicht
, 04/09/2016
Der griechische Ex-Finanzminister sagt, der Geist Bruno Kreiskys sei verloren gegangen. 31.08.2016, 14:01 Der frühere griechische Finanzminister Gianis Varoufakis hat in Alpbach bei einem Pressegespräch auch zur österreichischen Innenpolitik Stellung genommen. Er kritisierte dabei die von den Sozialdemokraten übernommenen Inhalte rechter Politiker, wie die Errichtung neuer Grenzen. Damit sei das Ende der Sozialdemokratie, wie sie […]
Markets vs States in today’s Europe: An Alpbach Keynote Debate
, 03/09/2016
In October 2015, I had the opportunity to debate, in Munich, Professor Hans Werner Sinn on the European Monetary Union and, more broadly, Europe’s economy . On 30 August 2016, at the Alpbach European Forum, I debated Professor Sinn’s successor as President of IFO, Professor Clemens Fuest. [Click here, or the image above, for video of […]
DiEM25: Bring it on! – J.K. Galbraith in the Boston Globe
, 23/08/2016
From the destruction of Greece to democracy in Europe By James K. Galbraith (Click here for the Globe’s site)
The Politics of Negative Interest Rates – Project Syndicate op-ed
, 23/08/2016
ATHENS – Objects of desire come at a cost. Only bad things, like toxic waste, have a negative price, the equivalent of a fee payable to anyone willing to make them disappear. Does this mean that negative interest rates embody a new perspective on money – that it has gone “bad”? [To read on, click […]
"Merkel has no plan" – interviewed by Die Welt’s editor, Stefan Aust
, 16/08/2016
A few weeks ago, Stefan Aust, Die Welt’s editor and formerly the heart and soul of Der Spiegel, paid me a visit at our Aegina house. We spoke for a good two hours on Europe, Germany, Greece and, of course, DiEM25. It was a serious, pleasant and at times passionate discussion. On 14th August the […]
Discussing the IMF’s confession – with Phillip Adams, LNL, ABC Radio National
, 10/08/2016
How the IMF and the EU screwed Greece: It’s Official (Title as it appeared on the ABC’s website)