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 … Continue reading →
Europe is disintegrating and this could come at great human cost, Greece’s fiery former finance minister warned on Tuesday. “The great fear is that the disintegration of the European Union — whatever you may think about the European Union — … Continue reading →
Yanis Varoufakis said George Osborne was trapped in a vicious cycle by Cristina Criddle 28 SEPTEMBER 2016 • 11:23AM Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s outspoken former finance minister, has said George Osborne will “go down in history as a particularly inept Chancellor.” Mr Varoufakis said that … Continue reading →
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 2016Filed under: DiEM, European Crisis
Filed under: And the Weak Suffer What They Must? - the book, DiEM, European Crisis
Interview begins at 1’45”Filed under: DiEM, European Crisis, Politics and Economics
Varoufakis’ speech last Michaelmas was thought to attract over a thousand students [The following is re-posted from the Cambridge Union’s The Tab] With the Autumn Statement of the new Government looming, the Cambridge Union takes over Inner Temple hall to question the … Continue reading →
Stefano Fassina points out that in my article ‘Europe’s Left After Brexit’ I did not discuss his preferred option for Eurozone member-states: Stay in the EU but leave the euro. Of course the reason my article did not discuss that … Continue reading →
Stefano Fassina was kind enough to respond to my article entitled Europe’s Left After Brexit. His reply follows. On Sept 6, Yanis Varoufakis offered an interesting review here of the progressive positions addressing EU problems. The first one, he underlines … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
