Interviews
US Senator Bernie Sanders Blasts Greece’s Creditors
, 02/07/2015
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]
As it happened – Yanis Varoufakis’ intervention during the 27th June 2015 Eurogroup Meeting
, 28/06/2015
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 […]
Ενημέρωση δημοσιογράφων μετά το Eurogroup – 27-06-2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5raEV_9ePUs , 27/06/2015
Συνέντευξη τύπου μετά το Eurogroup – 18-06-2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CqogKA-_XA , 18/06/2015
Ανοικτή ομιλία στο Ηράκλειο – 15-06-2015 (Γ’ Μέρος)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYQtDZ7uDgA , 15/06/2015
Ανοικτή ομιλία στο Ηράκλειο – 15-06-2015 (Β’ Μέρος)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYDAxffdYe0 , 15/06/2015
Ανοικτή ομιλία στο Ηράκλειο – 15-06-2015 (Α’ Μέρος)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71z0BrJKkyg , 15/06/2015
Βουλή των Ελλήνων – Απάντηση σε επίκαιρες ερωτήσεις (14-06-2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_ZFv2qk2i8 , 14/06/2015
Greece, Germany and the Eurozone – Keynote at the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Berlin 8th June 2015
, 09/06/2015
CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO Thank you for inviting me. Thank you for being here. Thank you for the warm welcome. Above all thank you for the opportunity to build bridges, to pave common ground, to bring harmony in the face of blatant attempts to sow the seeds of discord between peoples whose historic duty […]
Panel session “Greece’s future in the EU” Berlin (08-06-2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex20y_p3Qv8 , 08/06/2015
A Speech of Hope for Greece – a Project Syndicate Op-Ed
, 07/06/2015
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 […]
Βουλή των Ελλήνων – Επίκαιρες ερωτήσεις (28-05-2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBh1gOVq-H4 , 28/05/2015
Die Zeit's Q&A on Dr Wolfgang Schäuble
, 20/05/2015
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
, 15/05/2015
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 , 05/05/2015
A New Deal for Greece – a Project Syndicate Op-Ed
, 24/04/2015
For the Project Syndicate page click here. ATHENS – Three months of negotiations between the Greek government and our European and international partners have brought about much convergence on the steps needed to overcome years of economic crisis and to bring about sustained recovery in Greece. But they have not yet produced a deal. Why? […]
Varoufakis and Tsakalotos on the Eurozone institutions and bank bailouts – INET-OECD April 9th 2015
, 13/04/2015
Two SYRIZA ministers for the price of one! Here you can find audio of our talks at the INET-OECD 9th April conference on the subject of ‘Eurozone institutions during the bank bailout negotiations’. Yanis Varoufakis’ talk below Euclid Tsakalotos talk below