Interviews
Statement by Yanis Varoufakis on the FinMin's Plan B Working Group & the parallel payment system
, 27/07/2015
Statement by the Office of Yanis Varoufakis, former Minister of Finance, Member of Parliament, Hellenic Republic During the Greek government’s negotiations with the Eurogroup, Minister Varoufakis oversaw a Working Group with a remit to prepare contingency plans against the creditors’ efforts to undermine the Greek government and in view of forces at work within the […]
Professor James K. Galbraith's statement on the Ministry of Finance Working Group convened by former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis
, 27/07/2015
(scroll down for the Greek language version) I spent five months from early February through early July in close association with the Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, and was part of the Working Group that did contingency planning for potential attempts to asphyxiate the Greek government, including aggressive moves to force the country out of […]
Romantiker gegen Pragmatiker – Die Zeit
, 25/07/2015
Yanis Varoufakis erklärt in einem neuen Buch seinem Kind, warum die Griechen nichts für ihre Situation können. VON ADAM SOBOCZYNSKI (Die Zeit site) DIE ZEIT Nº 28/201524. Juli 2015 15:11 Uhr 139 Kommentare Der ehemalige griechische Finanzminister Yanis Varoufakis | © dpa
Democracy under siege – interviewed for the Truman Factor
, 24/07/2015
Interviewed by Mariano Alonso and Luis Martin of the TRUMAN FACTOR.
Europe’s Vindictive Privatization Plan for Greece – Project Syndicate
, 21/07/2015
For the Project Syndicate site click here. Or…
Dr Schäuble’s Plan for Europe: Do Europeans approve? – English version of my article in Die Zeit
, 17/07/2015
On 15th July 2015 Die Zeit published this piece. Here is the original English language version.
Παρέμβαση στη Βουλή των Ελλήνων – 15-07-2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-QE8E7m_GE , 15/07/2015
On the Euro-Summit ‘Agreement’ with Greece, my resignation and what it all means for Greece and Europe – in conversation with Phillip Adams
, 14/07/2015
Late Night Live, ABC Radio National, 13th July 2015
Behind Germany's refusal to grant Greece debt relief – Op-Ed in The Guardian
, 11/07/2015
Tomorrow’s EU Summit will seal Greece’s fate in the Eurozone. As these lines are being written, Euclid Tsakalotos, my great friend, comrade and successor as Greece’s Finance Ministry is heading for a Eurogroup meeting that will determine whether a last ditch agreement between Greece and our creditors is reached and whether this agreement contains the degree […]
Τελετή παράδοσης – παραλαβής Υπ.Οικ 06-07-2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RR4Z8VRqdo , 06/07/2015
Minister No More!
, 06/07/2015
The referendum of 5th July will stay in history as a unique moment when a small European nation rose up against debt-bondage.
Our NO is a majestic, big YES to a democratic, rational Europe!
, 06/07/2015
On the 25th of January, dignity was restored to the people of Greece. In the five months that intervened since then, we became the first government that dared raise its voice, speaking on behalf of the people, saying NO to the damaging irrationality of our extend-and-pretend ‘Bailout Program’. We
Σχόλιο μετά το δημοψήφισμα – 05-07-2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ipF1ZSkQw0 , 05/07/2015
'We've made hope return to Europe' – in conversation with Paul Mason on Ch4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmqnYHmRg48 , 04/07/2015
Nine Myths About the Greek Crisis – by James K. Galbraith
, 03/07/2015
Click here for the original Politico site, or read on…
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
, 02/07/2015
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
, 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 […]