Interviews
Professorship Honoris Causa, International University College of Torino – report in La Stampa
, 19/03/2016
Folla all’università di Torino per la lectio magistralis dell’ex ministro che racconta i duelli con Schäuble: «Gli dissi che le sue idee erano ottime per il Partito comunista cinese» SEPPE SALVAGGIULO, TORINO – Click here for La Stampa’s website or…
L’Union européenne est en train de s’écrouler – L’ Echo
, 14/03/2016
L’ancien ministre grec des Finances Yanis Varoufakis est désormais à la tête d’un mouvement paneuropéen qui veut agir pour plus de démocratie et de transparence. Publicité
Salmond’s ‘big mistake’ – in The Sunday Times
, 14/03/2016
The former Greek minister says that the stance on sterling was a serious strategic error in the fight for independence, writes Michael Glackin. Click here.
Second Scottish independence referendum would be justifiable following Brexit – in The HeraldScotland
, 14/03/2016
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Guardian Live | Europe, austerity and the threat to global stability with Yanis Varoufakis, Caroline Lucas & Tariq Ali
, 08/03/2016
Thursday 7 April 2016, 7pm–8.30pm, Emmanuel Centre, London, SW1P 3DW Has the EU lost sight of its original purpose? Critics argue that agreements such as TTIP illustrate just how undemocratic the EU has become. Are weaker nations paying the debt of a financial crash which they did not cause? Has the EU been reduced to a […]
Why Britain should STAY in the EU – LSE blogs
, 08/03/2016
In an interview with EUROPP’s editor Stuart Brown, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis discusses the launch of his new ‘Democracy in Europe’ movement (DiEM25), the UK’s upcoming referendum on EU membership, and why a surge of democracy is needed to prevent the EU from sliding toward disintegration.
The Irish have rejected 'dead-end', troika-inspired policies – comment in The IRISH TIMES
, 27/02/2016
Old Regime is Dead. But the New Regime is Struggling to Be Born Click here for the Irish Times site. By Damian Mac Con Uladh Ireland has rejected the policies of Fine Gael Minister for Finance. Ireland has rejected Fine Gael and Labour’s “dead-end policies” and Michael Noonan’s “cynical” pledge to renegotiate cuts to Ireland’s banking […]
DiEM25 and the mission to save Europe – in conversation with euronews’ Isabelle Kumar
, 24/02/2016
To watch the interview on the euronews site, click here : Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis locked horns with the European establishment, and ultimately had to stand down. But now the bad boy of European politics is back with a vengeance – launching DiEM25 a new pan-European movement that he says aims to bring democracy […]
The 3rd Option Needed in the UK Referendum Debate – in Newsweek
, 23/02/2016
We need a third way Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister, speaking at the launch of the DiEM25– Good Europe campaign. “David Cameron came back with the mother of all euro-fudges to address…an electorate that is sick and tired of euro-fudges. So there is a delicious irony there… The Euroskeptics have a legitimate case. Those who…come to the conclusion […]
Britain should stand up to EU ‘farce’ – The Telegraph
, 18/02/2016
By Elizabeth Anderson 4:00PM GMT 15 Feb 2016 Yanis Varoufakis, Greece's outspoken former finance minister, has warned it would be damaging for Britain to leave the European Union, and insists the country should remain in the bloc to confront the "bureaucratic and unappetising" establishment. "Our only collective escape from the current disintegration of the EU, [...]On Trump and Europe -Business Insider
, 16/02/2016
Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/Jean-Paul Pelissier/Business InsiderDonald Trump, left, and former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
Report on DiEM's Berlin Launch – by AcTVism Munich
, 15/02/2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_74VJFOiPocVaroufakis tells Irish people to ‘send Michael Noonan packing’ – The Irish Times
, 14/02/2016
Former Greek finance minister accuses government of pandering to oligarchs about 4 hours ago Ronan McGreevy (For the Irish Times site, please click here) At a Right2Change meeting in Dublin’s Mansion House, the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis accused the Irish government of pandering to oligarchs. Video: Ronan McGreevy Ireland faces a “stark choice” at […]
DiEM appeals for democratic awakening – Il Manifesto
, 13/02/2016
by Marco Bascetta, Sandro Mezzadra (Click here for the Il Manifesto site) Certainly there was no lack of media attention here for Yanis Varoufakis, the ex-finance minister of Greece. With a packed hall and journalists queuing, the press conference opened for the meeting organized at Volksbühne Berlin for the presentation of the DiEM 2025 manifesto […]
DiEM's first Press Conference – Berlin 9/2/2015
, 11/02/2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcptJkd87uQDiEM's Berlin Launch, 9th February 2016
, 11/02/2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd4Owt05-ZM&feature=youtu.be&t=2h32m37sDiEM is needed to stop the slide into a new 1930s – The Independent
, 11/02/2016
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Sanders' victory from DiEM's perspective – on Channel 4 News
, 11/02/2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKqySLaxK4UDiEM25 – the video, with Eno's original score
, 10/02/2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJyju_tHS8kDiEM and the road ahead for Europe’s progressive politics – live conversation with Marisa Matias et al
, 08/02/2016
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The crucial Third Option: DiEM’s raison d’ etre – Op-ed in The Guardian
, 05/02/2016
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